I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was 22, and became a member of Parliament in Holland.
The challenge of Mosul and Nineveh is the considerable number of ethnic groups, religious sects, tribes, and other elements that make up the province.
Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
I have this insane and unabated longing for San Francisco. I come up there every chance that I get.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
It's an exaggeration to say that I came up with M-theory.
What inspires you, what excites you when you wake up in the morning?
I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
I can't cut off an ear everyday. Do the Van Gogh here and the Mozart there. Anyway it's exhausting enough always having to check up on what one is really doing!.
At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.
Even your chin is made up of exploded stars.
As order exponentially increases, time exponentially speeds up.
In my judgment, the president should reject Keystone and step up natural gas exports.
All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain.
I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.
If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports.
I grew up doing a lot of extreme sports.
The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do.
I definitely wanna open up some assisted-living facilities around my city.
