I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.
For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people.
I'm planning on how I want to tell my own story. I feel like my situation and my experiences are unique in some ways.
I just found that the knowledge of ordinary Americans about Iran is very small - which is totally expected.
I can just generally say that Iran is a very multilayered, controversial country. There are so many contrasts and controversies that question themselves within whole different layers. It's not an easy place to wrap up in one answer or one question. It's a very multicultural, multiethnic place.
I'm a very hopeful person.
I think in any country you have macro situations and micro ones.
The banks should give a full, fair, and accurate account of their financial positions and they are failing that test.
To walk after the spirit a believer must inhibit his mind from revolving endlessly. If it turns too long around one topic, worries or grieves too much over matters, and ponders too intensively to know God's will, it may become unbearable and hamper its normal operation. The mind needs to be kept in a steady and secure state.
So, our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but all over the world; and do what? To set people's hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love.
A good loser is all right, but it isn't so much fun to beat him.