But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

Why you like photography so much? Because it's just the camera and me showing everyone else what we can see. It's telling stories.

No pain is unbearable except that of regret.

I want to support kids that not a lot of people believe in. Give them an opportunity to do good in school, play sports and get scholarships.

There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other stars.'

Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the wow factor, the intelligence factor, the I didn't see that coming factor?

Americans don't like European movies.

I got country music in me.

What though I cannot meet my bills? What though I suffer toothache's ills? What though I swallow countless pills?

In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual.