#nin

When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#backward #chords #experimenting #favorite #first

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#around #assigned #bahrain #been #consequences

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems. ↗

— Aly Khan

#burdens #force #fortunately #historians #historic

If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire? ↗

— Imran Khan

#burning #fire #house #out #put

Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people. ↗

— Imran Khan

#minds #people #terrorism #winning #you

Every winning streak will have to end sometime. ↗

— Jahangir Khan

#every #sometime #streak #will #winning

The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten. ↗