Peter Bergen Quotes

Common sense would tell you that the idea that Saudi Arabia was paying for bin Laden's expenses while he was living in Abbottabad is simply risible. Bin Laden's principal goal was the overthrow of the Saudi royal family as a result of which his Saudi citizenship was revoked as far back as 1994.

Peter Bergen

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I am very honored for all the distinctions and accolades, but what I am most sensitive to is my clientele and the fact they are pleased with my food and my restaurants.

Joel Robuchon

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I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

John Hughes

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When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel.

Amy Grant

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The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they are too old to do it.

Shirley MacLaine

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I fully acknowledge that I am not a journalist.

Tomi Lahren

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The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.

Ritchie Blackmore

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Washington is politics! Somehow if people have political objectives, then those objectives are automatically disqualified? If that's the case, the Democrats have no business being legitimized about anything because everything they do is political.

Rush Limbaugh

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I like working with Bob Odenkirk.

Michael McKean

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Radiohead is one of the bands I appreciate. That's a great career band. It's not like critics are comparing us to a flash in the pan.

Joshua Ostrander

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You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens for eternity, even if it's nice, I can't imagine it being nice forever. Even the idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thing to say, you know.

Conor Oberst

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I don't think it's fair for people to put fellow beings down just because they're only known for their looks.

Coco Rocha

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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.

Clarence Darrow

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