#jo

I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#care #cars #clothes #dressed #dump

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#around #assigned #bahrain #been #consequences

Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#better #better off #between #differentiate #electricity

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

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

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation. ↗

— Ali Akbar Khan

#honours #joys #mind #music #path

The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower. ↗

— Aly Khan

#clearly #conflict #important #korean #korean war

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy. ↗

— Nusrat F. A. Khan

#classical #enjoy #i #i tried #people

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile. ↗

— Shahrukh Khan

#i #job #make #people #smile

I enjoyed retirement the right way... linguine con vongole, red wine and plenty of truffle cheese. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#con #enjoyed #i #plenty #red