Peter Bergen Quotes
As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
Quotes to Explore
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
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I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
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I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.
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I love artists whose work feels animated! Matt Cummings, Ian McGinty, Jake Myler, Arielle Jovellanos, Drew Rausch, Zachary Sterling, Troy Little - I feel like most of the artists I've worked with have a lot of movement and life in their work.
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Wordsworth has gone from us - and ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we! He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen - on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, fears.
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
