The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
I never thought about competing in the Olympic Games when I was growing up.
As it turns out, American-made technology had helped Mubarak and his security state collect, compile, and parse vast amounts of data about everyday citizens.
No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
Starting after 60, I thought, 'I'm not going to be able to write a book of poems on the 70s. It's going to be all moans and groans and complaints, and what is there to laugh about?' But I found plenty to laugh about.
It's all about the whey protein and multi-mineral complexes I consume - it's good for my hair, and it's good for my skin.
In the beginning, I was riddled with major complexes about my looks. Even now, here and there, these complexes crop up. But as the days progressed, I learnt to handle them much better.
Please don't erase my race because I'm white-passing. There is literally nothing I can do about my complexion.
Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.
Drug use, within entire teams continues unabated. It is planned and deliberate cheating, with complex methods, sophisticated substances and techniques, and the active complicity of doctors, scientists, team officials and riders. There is nothing accidental about it.
I get a lot of compliments about my legs.
Counterpoint is a component that gives real energy, and it is about optimism.
What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.
One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material elements composing the physical and astral corpses, brought about by the burning.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
I'm all about 'molde de arroz con picadillo'.
I still have a lot to learn. I'm concentrating on learning a lot more about music.
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective.
