As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.

I dont have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.

What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those who have and those who do not.

I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.

My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.

I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.

It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.

The most beautiful rainbow is the one inside your soul.

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.

I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art.

The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.

When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself, "What if you were wrong? How would you want someone to engage with you?"