Peter Bergen Quotes
Sheikh Rahman's fatwa was the first time that anyone associated with al Qaeda had given religious sanction to attacks on American aviation, shipping and economic targets.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically in the center and has been willing to listen to and to bring together those things that often are found in opposite camps.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
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On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.
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Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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Most of us fall in love with someone's persona and spend the next three to five years discovering who that person really is. If you can stay connected through that process of raw vulnerability, I think you have a shot at the prize of knowing and accepting another human being for who and what they really are after years of highs and lows.
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A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction.
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It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene.
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Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch.
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Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn't want to do. I'm very grateful to him, actually.
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Sheikh Rahman's fatwa was the first time that anyone associated with al Qaeda had given religious sanction to attacks on American aviation, shipping and economic targets.
