Talabani, standing next to him, said, smiling, "We can only hope that he recovers".
If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling), we can take a moment before buying.
"At the moment, we can smile, we can celebrate, but now we need to put both feet on the ground," said Di Canio, whose side face Everton next at home on 20 April.
"For those who thought we'd slip up, it's bad luck," he said with a smile, "we can forget the debate about us having a November depression.
Vampire couples are snuggling in the corners, and on the rare occasion that someone smiles we can make out the glint of white fangs.
If they use that energy to make someone smile, we can save so many people in the long run.
"Now, if the government we elect doesn't do what we want," a young Tunisian lawyer told me with a wide smile, "we can just vote them out".
Although each one of us has a unique and distinct smile, we can make our smiling more effective by practicing in front of a mirror.
"We can smile, and we can also kill".
We can smile because we can take solace in his immense legacy and the memories of the grace, dignity and equanimity with which he bore his burdens and his triumphs.
