“Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.” PeopleWantTryingHeartHardChristianBeautifulPresidentMiddleMusic IsEmbraceEastMinistersPrimeMiddle EastPrime Minister Author:Mstislav Rostropovich
“There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence, intelligence (now called "state security" in a throwback to both apartheid and the ANC's old Stalinist past), police and communications are all die-hard Zuma loyalists. Whatever their line functions, they will also play the role they have played so ably to date: keeping Zuma out of court - and making sure the state serves Zuma as it once did Mbeki.” MadeHardStatesPlayPastDiesLinesJusticeRolesSecurityCommunicationKeysAreasFunctionPoliceCourtCriminalsMinistersReconciliationDefenceApartheidCriminal JusticeThrowbackLoyalistsZuma Author:Mark Gevisser
“As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister.” PeopleShouldHardEnglandMinistersBrownConvincePrimePrime MinisterScots Author:Boris Johnson
“In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.” HardViewsVisionClearHard WorkFairsIdealsPatientDrivenMinistersPrimeCompassionatePrime MinisterClear Vision Author:Julia Gillard
“I think that, that it would be hard for New Hampshire to vote for somebody who was a fundamentalist minister, affable as he is. He does seem to actually want to write, for example, a prohibition against abortion into the Constitution , which Ronald Reagan, for all his talking about it, never tried to do one time.” ThinkingWantWritingDoeHardSeemsWould BeTalkingExampleVoteConstitutionMinistersAbortionOne TimeProhibitionFundamentalistHampshireNew HampshireAgainst AbortionAffable Author:Mike Huckabee
“People work hard and save hard to own a car. They do not want to be told that they cannot drive it by a Deputy Prime Minister whose idea of a park and ride scheme is to park one Jaguar and drive away in another.” PeopleWantIdeasHardCarHard WorkMinistersParksPrimeSchemesPrime MinisterDeputiesJaguars Author:William Hague
“I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.” IfsThinkingHardFootballGoes OnManagersSoccerMinistersBritainPrimePrime MinisterChairmanGreat BritainRangersCeltic Author:Gordon Strachan