Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about American exceptionalism and its historical roots.

I do believe that the Iranians are a good neighbour. The Iranians have supported the people of Yemen.

By dehumanizing others, among many other things, these people are also aiding the neocons and other forces of darkness to justify more war, more suffering, and more destruction.

I was born in the U.S. Why should anyone who has an unfavorable view of the American government renounce his or her citizenship? Why don't its supporters relinquish their citizenship first?

I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as well as the U.S. itself are also of interest, it seems.

One topic which often brings liberals and conservatives together in the U.S. is Iran. There is a general consensus that the Revolution was the embodiment of backwardness and barbarism.

Americans should know that Iranians are just as decent, human and rational as other human beings. Sadly, the mainstream media in the U.S. regularly fails to recognize and reflect this.

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book.

The cognitive science's challenge is to link our consensus reality to our internal reality, but physics' challenge is to link our consensus reality to our external reality.

I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Elves apparently had a short childhood. Not like witches, who seemed to take forever to grow up, according to Jenks.

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

Love without trust? It's not love at all.

Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: yes.