Apostasy from Islam is a crime and is punishable by death.

In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions.

Why do so many salespeople talk to customers about the product and not the result?

You can photograph anything. You can be inside, outside, doesn't matter, you're controlling the light. It gives you great flexibility. That was a primary motivation.

...the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia apparently cherry-picked Russian climate data.

The great lesson about filmmaking is never take "no" for an answer, especially if you have a lot of passion and inspiration to do something.

I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

That's the paradox of loss: How can something that's gone weigh us down so much?

I love seeing people having fun. Everyone over in L.A. is too cool for it. That's the problem.

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it

The salvation of the country requires the elimination of the Armenians

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.