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 once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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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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It is often seen that in households where all members are exposed to the same danger, or again in schools or troops where everyone lives the same life, disease does not strike everyone indifferently.
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Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.
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The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral - whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love? I want to foster eulogy virtues when I'm in a yoga class or meditation session or any spiritual gathering. Especially if I'm lying in corpse pose. It just makes sense.
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Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty.
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One extra benefit to remember: safety + belonging + mattering = trust.
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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.
