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I have no connections with any political event.

Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to.

I don't love the term gatekeeper because it feels like there's a negative connotation attached to it, so I prefer to go with litmus test.

'Bridges' is definitely one of the heart-wrenching ones. It's definitely a message that needs to be shared out there into the world. Something we wanted to share with everybody and let them know is that we know love can conquer hate.

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front.

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.

I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.'

I am conscious of making choices that balance the performance and commercial aspects. It's easy to get stereotyped in this industry.

My conscious decision has always been to do work that's meaningful and play characters that give something to the film.

I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.

There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.

It is time to move away from advise and obstruct and get back to advise and consent.

Men need to help reshape the conversation around consent.

The proper thing to do would have been to first ask my consent before remixing 'Mungda.'

I don't think I'll ever do a show with violence where there's no consequences, 'cause I know the consequences.

Conservatism should be a reality-based philosophy, and the movement will be better off if it recognizes that facts really do matter.

'National Review' came along, in '55, at the moment when American conservatism most needed it.

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.

My mom is a science teacher in high school, and one of my brothers works in optics at Bell Labs, and so I was always surrounded by it.

I write in my pajamas on my sofa surrounded by my cats. It's a bit isolating.

Milan, I was surrounded by great players; it wasn't the same at City.

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

When I was sent the material for auditions for 'Dramaworld,' I didn't know much about the international fandom surrounding Korean dramas.

The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.