"A system devolving power to the regions is the route to a viable Iraq."

-- Mowaffak al-Rubaie

“Students teach all sorts of things but most importantly they make explicit the courage that it takes to be a learner, the courage it takes to open yourself to the transformative power of real learning and that courage I am exposed to almost every day at MIT and that I'm deeply grateful for.”
“We may not know when or how the Lord's answers will be given, but in His time and His way, I testify, His answers will come. For some answers we may have to wait until the hereafter. This may be true for some promises in our patriarchal blessings and for some blessings for family members. Let us not give up on the Lord. His blessings are eternal, not temporary.”
“Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.”
“So I tried to get my shot with a 50mm and I did it - this is when we're shooting film, not digital. The guy that hired me looked through the pictures and was like, "Oh, this is pretty good. You did a good job." And I was like, "Yeah, I'm sorry. I only had a 50mm. My girlfriend rented the wrong lens..." and he stopped looking at the pictures and he looked up at me and he said, "You shot this with a 50mm? You're hired."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It would be wrong to put friendship before the truth.”
“It wasn't that I forgot Hanna. But at a certain point the memory of her stopped accompanying me wherever I went. She stayed behind, the way a city stays behind as a train pulls out of the station. It's there, somewhere behind you, and you could go back and make sure of it. But why should you?”

Source : FaceBook post by Bernhard Schlink from Jul 13, 2011
“Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".”
“One of my New Year's resolutions is to say 'yes!' Yes to love, yes to life, yes to staying in more!”

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