#la

I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#friend #having #i #into #more

Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#cannot #constitution #cornerstone #fortress #forward

When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#backward #chords #experimenting #favorite #first

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

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#constitutional #culture #democracy #human #human rights

History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#forever #friendly #friends #history #hostile

I don't order laws, I propose them. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#laws #order #propose #them

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

— John Schlesinger

#managers #oh #problem #relationship #sometimes

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

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