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What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a protracted guerrilla war like the one he had fought against the Soviets, never happened. Instead, that protracted guerrilla war is now playing out in Iraq, in the heart of the Middle East.

Peter Bergen

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I think that America is a nation of faith. I do believe that. Certainly by way of heritage - there's a powerful Christian thread through all of American history.

John Edwards

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It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected.

Robert J. Waldinger

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When there's writing that you really trust, it's very freeing as an artist.

Matt LeBlanc

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I hope people listen to the music. Don't write it off because there is a Christian doing it and it's been labeled that way, because if I'm honest with you, Christian rap for the most part has been corny.

Andy Mineo

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From 1997 when we came in, you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didn't get rid of the second car, did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway.

John Prescott

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Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire?

Rita Rudner

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The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.

Lucian Freud

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When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg, because English was still relatively new to me, and Sandburg, of course, wrote in a very easy-to-understand, very colloquial and informal manner.

Lisel Mueller

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When it comes to our everyday habits, it's important to ask: 'Am I putting God first?'

Joyce Meyer

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We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.

Jose Padilha

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Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left.

Chris Cooper

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When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.

Christine Lahti

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