At the time I perceived most religious men particularly the pastors with all their talk about love faith and relationship as effeminate.
Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.
I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.
Education particularly higher education will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.
This is not a zero-sum game. We know that if we provide access and education particularly where there are gaps in the market we will create more jobs we will create more growth and we will create more activity in the U.S. market which will be good for our economy.
Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people including I daresay a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern secular world and particularly American values.
I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important particularly in an uncertain changing world.
We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.
More particularly having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.
Anyone who knows history particularly the history of Europe will I think recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.