Peter Bergen Quotes
It is hard to imagine two more final endings to the 'war on terror' than the popular revolts against the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and the death of bin Laden.
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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If I win the gold medal, I will be set for the rest of my life. The medal itself doesn't give you anything, but it makes you a marketable item. You take it and see what you can do.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.
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What is sought can never produce the seeking.
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The band was rejuvenated by that wonderful day. It breathed new life into us.
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...it was clear to everyone at the table who had any experience with men and alcohol—especially men who had won international literary prizes—that he was not going to stop talking at any point in the meal.
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Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects.
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I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.
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It is hard to imagine two more final endings to the 'war on terror' than the popular revolts against the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and the death of bin Laden.
