So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.

As a child, the paddy field was my playground.

We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children.

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education

Learn to understand your energy and how you create with your energy.

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

You aren't allowed to feel special, but no one knows the specific ways you are in pain.

This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.

Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom

Reincarnation is an apprehension of a movement and the movement occurs in time. Without time, there is no reincarnation. Reincarnation is a reflection of time in this world.

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.

ʺWhy,ʺ he began slowly, ʺis Victor Dashkov joining us?ʺ ʺWell, itʹs kind of a funny story . . .ʺ

If you buy your husband or boyfriend a video camera, for the first few weeks he has it, lock the door when you go to the bathroom. Most of my husband's early films end with a scream and a flush.

If you hate something, it bonds you to the thing you hate.