Peter Bergen Quotes
In 2016, Washington and its coalition partners conducted more than 7,000 strikes in Iraq and Syria. And in Libya, the United States has conducted more than 350 air strikes since August as part of its military campaign against ISIS there.
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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I am a Zionist.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I love baseball, and the door remains open.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
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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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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child.
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There's something called latent PTSD. It manifests itself in different ways. I want to be free of it, but I'm not.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents.
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I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement.
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Will you walk out of the air, my lord? HAMLET Into my grave.
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In 2016, Washington and its coalition partners conducted more than 7,000 strikes in Iraq and Syria. And in Libya, the United States has conducted more than 350 air strikes since August as part of its military campaign against ISIS there.
