Peter Bergen Quotes
Contrary to what the Americans frequently reiterated, al-Qaeda did not have any relationship with Saddam Hussein or his regime.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.
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There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
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When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
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If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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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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Bullies always have another target.
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The objectification of females is not a good thing! Not every rapper does this, but when the lyrics focus solely on the strip club, 'poppin' bottles' and how many girls they can 'tap,' it distorts what kids are learning. I think if there was more of a female presence in hip hop we could break up the monotony. It's all about balance.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
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If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.
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Both parties are so entrenched in their ideologies and a desire to score political points and hold on to power that we never seem to agree on a problem, much less find solutions.
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We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.
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For young people in the U.K. who find themselves without anywhere to live - perhaps they have left the family home after a relationship breakdown, or to escape abuse, or have left care - it is far too easy to become trapped in a chain of misfortune, with little help from the state.
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In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
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Contrary to what the Americans frequently reiterated, al-Qaeda did not have any relationship with Saddam Hussein or his regime.
