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A majority of the Syrian people believe in the regime and support Bashar al-Assad.

I cannot either change or do anything bad or good to the Syrian people and Syrian citizens.

I've been calling for the support of the Syrian rebels for years.

If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see.

I'm not from a maple producing area and so my maple syrup credentials are very much of the eating side.

My films are a personal reflection on the impact that the state - the system and the world - has on me.

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.

We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They pick more efficient choices than the health care system does.

You cannot have the financial system crippled because of lack of decision making and lack of quality people.

The Constitution is man-made, so it is not perfect. It's not the basis of my beliefs. My belief system is based on the Scriptures which come from God.

I want the system to change so I think you could call that a revolution.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.

What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a 'neural correlate of consciousness'?

Loopy as the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system is, it's better than what you'd probably get by putting such decisions in the federal government hands.

I'm rather cynical about the way the honours system is used, frankly. A whole lot of the honours system is used for political purposes by the government in power.

The way that social norms become social norms is not through any systematic process. It is through a flowering of an understanding within a culture.

The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.

If I had been a good student and an achiever, I might have been excited by a more systematic approach to writing than what I do.

Much as there are things about our own life stories that we can learn only from the systematic study of our dreams, there are things about the human condition that we can learn only from a systematic study of literature.

I know a lot about systemic lupus erythematosus because I have it, too. I was diagnosed through the NHS when I first moved to England in 2008 following months of serious illness.

I do not think that we have a systemic racism problem with law enforcement officers across this country.

America certainly is a great country with plenty of freedoms, but there are a lot of systemic issues that need to change.

It is not my belief that we need greater government regulation of hedge funds with respect to the systemic risk they create.