#hi

If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#hand #him #his #i #look

If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#him #like #pleased #prospering #you

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes. ↗

— John Schlesinger

#managers #oh #problem #relationship #sometimes

In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#ambassador #christian #context #democracy #establishing

The reform process began with the historic consensus on the Charter of National Action, in which the Bahraini people decided on a new chapter of their history. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#began #chapter #charter #consensus #decided

We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#both #constitution #constitutional #houses #i

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#culture #etc #france #leadership #people

The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child. ↗

— Hamad bin Isla Al Khalifi

#child #decision #embrace #ever #fostered

I was thrilled, because I like the big screen and I could then move on to the next thing. It was the biggest break for me. In a way, though, I wish it had been a TV series because then you are working for five years. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#been #big #big screen #biggest #break

Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#being #believe #come #energy #i