There are sort of Kurdish districts there in Mosul, or there used to be, but the Kurds mostly fled or were driven out. The same is true of the Christians.

Turkey is saying that it wants to preserve Sunni dominance in Mosul. Obviously, there, the Kurds, the Shia, the Iraqi government have their own agendas.

Everything that happens in Iraq affects countries outside.

A defeat for ISIS in Iraq will be defeat for ISIS in Syria.

Mosul stands rally at a sort of juncture of sectarian and ethnic differences.

You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In general the government here is amazingly unpopular.

I think our movie, 'Now You See Me, ' is an emotional movie rooted in smart and wits and fully amazing actors working perfectly together. It's like a supergroup of musicians.

I'm super organized, but a horrible house cleaner.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

If you delight more in God’s gifts than in God Himself, you are practically setting up another God above Him, and this you must never do.

Only those who have felt the knife can understand the wound, only the jeweller knows the nature of the jewel.

Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.

If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

There are atoms of air in your lungs that were once in the lungs of everyone who has ever lived. In essence, we are breathing (inspiring) one another.

I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.

I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'