You brag about being a pilgrim apostle.

You think the Piedmont man they call The Gentleman will be much better?

Do you have such a high opinion of yourself that you can't sit at a table with a tart?

The Islamic revolution toppled a regime which had been put in place through a coup and that was being supported by those who claim to be advocates of democracy and human rights.

The Muslim Brotherhood considers itself the bastion of modern political Islam, and believes that it should assume a leadership role for all Islamist groups and states. For his part, Khamenei describes himself as the leader of the Islamic world, and calls Iran its mother city (Umm al Qora).

He had kept over 200 children in his custody since 1974, but had gained the respect of reputable sections of society, even claiming links with members of the clergy.

Furthermore, it must be emphasized that Turkey the fervent defender of the Treaty, has been in continuous violation of that treaty's provisions regarding the opening of communications (article 17) by keeping the Armenian Turkish border closed, thus imposing a land blockade against Armenia.

Another reason that has been offered for not referring to Islamic radicalism or the Islamic State is that to do so concedes the terrorists' claims that they are acting in accordance with Islam's teachings. That might draw others, who regard themselves as pious Muslims, to join them.

Joseph Stalin once dismissed the relevance of soft power by asking, How many troops does the Pope have? Today, many self styled realists dismiss the United Nations as powerless, and argue that it can be ignored.

If they do so with a sense of entitlement from their lineage, they are likely to fail, as Arroyo did. Fortunately for East Asia, most seem to approach power with a keen sense of duty and a commitment to strengthening their countries.

The first question that any would be Russian reformer should ask nowadays (and which we did not ask during Gorbachev's perestroika) is the following, is society prepared to endure the short term pains of reforms, and how willing it is to endure the pain?

Bernie Sanders, a self described socialist, inspires enthusiasm. Sanders is riding the leftist wave in Democratic politics, and while many of his proposals may not be able to stand up against hard questioning (how, for example, would he fund his plan to make college tuition free for everyone?), he has so far managed to avoid any serious challenge to them.

Regimes that systematically violate human rights have been quick to seize on every episode of US wrongdoing. With its own human rights record in question, the US, which had been the democratic teacher of the post war world, is in a much weaker position to give lessons and set standards.

When Goran Jelisić a camp guard in Bosnia who called himself the Serb Adolf was acquitted of genocide in 1999, one might have concluded from the prosecution s stunned reaction that Jelisić had walked free. In fact, he confessed to 31 other counts covering the same underlying acts, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Tel Aviv has become a cross between San Francisco, Singapore, and São Paulo, but it is still less than 300 kilometers from Damascus. For the pessimists (or realists, depending on your perspective), Israel must remain on maximum alert to minimize the risks that it faces.

She is proud that her son has become a doctor.

Narcissism means 'to be more confident'.

It's because we're so selfsufficient here.

Why? Because the experience happens inside of us.

Thinks she's hot stuff.

Why not for me?

The case evokes memories of the days when the KGB s influence was pervasive, and dissidents across Eastern Europe and Soviet lands like Turkmenistan lived in fear. Hadjiev and his family fled to Europe in 2001, escaping one of the world s most repressive regimes the absolutist dictatorship of the late Saparmurat Niyazov, who fancied himself Turkmenbashi, the father of all Turkmen.

To go home, to be free.

I'm doing it for myself.

All our battles we have fought for you.

Can I consider myself free?

Pompous, selfopinionated, holierthanthou, and dull. So dull.

Free societies are most valuable as marketplaces where free ideas compete.

For my sake rather than for his.

I don't think I've done anything to sound off about.

He had a gargantuan ego.

He believes himself to be infallible.

As for myself...

For me? For Mama?

She's proud. I'm very pleased

I'm doing it for myself.

For yourself?

No, on my own

One must be responsible for one's conduct.

Why did you think he'd killed himself?

For whom? Today for me, tomorrow for himself.

I call it complacency our complacency.

I choose to take pride in my work.

l'm not proud of what I did.

I'm blaming myself, hating myself.