The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent.
What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being.
I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.
Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things.
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
I'm even able to have kind of a little bit of a second career in dog rescue. Doesn't pay anything, but it's become a real passion for me.
As a mentor you have to learn how to tackle the past of your mentee, be able to put it to sleep and focus to the promising future of him/her.
From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.
It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.
I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.
During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.
I really pride myself in being able to combine soft and hard characteristics. If I do a leather jacket, then it will be with a really pretty feminine blouse underneath.
It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.
I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that's TV or Internet, we're able to see more things.
I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.
We may never be able to forget what has happened. We may harbor the sadness from it in our hearts forever. The former of these is unavoidable.
You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film.
And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months.
These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports.
