Lowell Bergman Quotes
The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are struggling for the same piece of land.
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The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
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I'm a man of different types of flavors and tastes. I like listening to things that inspire me. Older music, when instruments were being played, not just people hitting buttons. It's manlier. You're touching things to make sounds appear.
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry, but unfortunately didn't pursue it fully. I would love to learn to play the piano because it holds a unique connect for me in terms of rhythm.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.
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Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.
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I was having a lot of people ask me to update 'The Shock Doctrine' and add a chapter about Trump.
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When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved.
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My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever.
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Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
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You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.
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The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new.
