#k

No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#dictator #king #like #rule #should

There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#cleansing #ethnic #genocide #innocent #innocent people

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

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#always #awe #because #better #better actor

I mean, every Star Trek episode you saw was just phenomenal. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#every #i #just #mean #phenomenal

After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#agencies #did #directors #i #know

Besides, a bald cap would have never looked real. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#besides #cap #looked #never #real

Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#career #could #everybody #failed #hollywood

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit. ↗

— Eli Khamarov

#crime #like #poverty #punishment #you