“Extremism is not endemic in my region, nor is anti-Western sentiment. No doubt there is discontent and distrust. That is towards more the American and some Western policies, and not toward the American people.”

I don’t lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

When Chuck House wanted to develop the oscilloscope for HP, David Packard told him to abandon the project. Chuck went on “vacation” and came back with $2 million in orders.

We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, ‘Well, that’s their problem.’ But it’s not. … When you solve somebody else’s problem, you’re solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.

I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women’s empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.

We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.

I love going out and doing new things.

Humanity would have plunged into a new dark age of absolutely frightening and appalling characteristics without Churchill.