Peter Bergen Quotes
Bin Laden had come to the delusional conclusion that the United States was as weak as the Soviet Union had once been.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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I like the men to wear the pants. I don't want to wear the pants. I like men who know what they want, know what they're doing, make their own decisions... As much as I like to be the controller, it's not in my best interest.
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When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.
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I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.
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He decided to plunge on with pardons over the department's objections, or where he knew that there would be objections if he had let career prosecutors know what he was doing.
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I was born with the biggest middle finger on Earth.
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O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water" (Psalm 63:1). We may imagine we want a thousand different things, but God is the one we really long for. His presence brings satisfaction; his absence brings thirst and longing.
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The older you get, things like this become special. You value every moment and memory you have. When somebody bestows an award like this on you, you reflect. It's pretty special.
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Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?
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America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently.
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A diet of violence or pornography dulls the senses, and future exposures need to be rougher and more extreme. Soon the person is desensitized and is unable to react in a sensitive, caring, responsible manner, especially to those in his own home and family. Good people can become infested with this material and it can have terrifying, destructive consequences.
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Bin Laden had come to the delusional conclusion that the United States was as weak as the Soviet Union had once been.
