Peter Bergen Quotes
One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and bin Laden was losing the war of ideas in the Muslim world, not because the United States was winning them, but because al-Qaida was simply losing them.
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?
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The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings.
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In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.
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I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical figure at all.
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One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and bin Laden was losing the war of ideas in the Muslim world, not because the United States was winning them, but because al-Qaida was simply losing them.
