Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs.


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We know if we go away and still come out victorious, like we have been, it'll put more pressure on u...
HAMID SIADAT
If you're asking me now, I think we should have done a lot better. The boys have come a long way. Si...
HAMID SIADAT
We lost 12 seniors last year so I didn't know where we were going with our team and how we were goin...
HAMID SIADAT
It was a product, they gave it to me. In order for me to promote it, I'd show it to clients. I lost ...
HAMID SHOUSHTARI
You can program it. Set temperatures of water in the morning and when you get up at 7:30, your toile...
HAMID SHOUSHTARI
There is definitely a new momentum to the services negotiations.
HAMID MAMDOUH
There is definitely new momentum.
HAMID MAMDOUH
This has been extremely positive and exceeded our expectations. I think there is definitely new mome...
HAMID MAMDOUH
He calls on all Iraqis to show unity and close ranks, to give no chance to those who want to provoke...
HAMID KHAFFAF
He went before or after me. I'll say before, I don't want you to tell me (just) any name, I want you...
HAMID HAYAT
You gotta show me good faith here. We're gonna try and help. You're not the big fish, you're a small...
HAMID HAYAT
I think just to hurt people.
HAMID HAYAT
that he understood the nature and structure of various known Pakistani terrorist groups and that he ...
HAMID HAYAT
advised the (witness) that he genuinely desired to attend a camp and strongly indicated in his final...
HAMID HAYAT
You're really dealing with people who are overworked, low morale, stressed out. Boy, that's not a go...
HAMID GHAFFARI
The NYSE has a premium brand, one of the best known globally -- and companies that have premium bran...
HAMID BIGLARI
But I ultimately wanted to go back to what I enjoy doing most, which is advising clients on a broad ...
HAMID BIGLARI
These (cross-border) deals are complicated because they have social issues, regulatory issues, polit...
HAMID BIGLARI
It's different from the old days in some sense. In the new model that at least we are building, it i...
HAMID BIGLARI
It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential te...
MOHSIN HAMID
We were hoping that the Europeans would denounce Israeli atrocities against our people. Unfortunatel...
GHAZI HAMID
He learned to be more patient and more pragmatic and more open-minded.
GHAZI HAMID
In a world of intrusive technology, we must engage in a kind of struggle if we wish to sustain momen...
MOHSIN HAMID
You see, it is my passionately held belief that the right to possess property is at best a contingen...
MOHSIN HAMID
All their doors remained simple doors, on/off switches in the flow between two adjacent places, bina...
MOHSIN HAMID
As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who atta...
MOHSIN HAMID
What else is belief but direction?
MOHSIN HAMID
When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.
MOHSIN HAMID
Women are like sparkling diamonds, if you let too many hands touch it, not only will it get dirty wi...
NORHAFSAH HAMID
One of the keys to achieving understanding is humility.
NORHAFSAH HAMID
The girls are excited to play, and on any given day, anything can happen. The girls have a goal set ...
OSAMA HAMID
Most of India's 300 odd news channels are making losses and are dependent on dubious cross holdi...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI
I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The f...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI
Gender injustice is a social impairment and therefore has to be corrected in social attitudes and be...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI
No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI
Certain media-related developments in the country are raising questions regarding its objectivity an...
MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI
We hope the agency will act with diligence understand the situation.
HAMID-REZA ASEFI