Peter Bergen Quotes
What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a protracted guerrilla war like the one he had fought against the Soviets, never happened. Instead, that protracted guerrilla war is now playing out in Iraq, in the heart of the Middle East.
Peter Bergen
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Rafael Palmeiro
I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair
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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.
Uma Thurman
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Chuck Todd
Professional competitions are overrated.
Oksana Baiul
The world goes on, you go on and you change. You want to show the fans those changes, and you want to be able to verbalize them.
William Broad
Generation X
What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a protracted guerrilla war like the one he had fought against the Soviets, never happened. Instead, that protracted guerrilla war is now playing out in Iraq, in the heart of the Middle East.
Peter Bergen
