Following 9/11, intelligence indicated numerous links between al-Qa'eda and Algeria. It began to look as though the roots of jihad could be traced back to the war in Algeria that began 50 years ago.

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

I've always wanted to write about a "haunted" film, something imbued with a malign, potentially fatal attraction, an image which poisons everyone who's unfortunate enough to view it.

In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

I never expected that this would be my life.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

The harmonica is a great instrument.