Peter Bergen Quotes

Virulent anti-Semitism is, of course, a staple of militant Islamist ideology.

Peter Bergen

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'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

Jodie Foster

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If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

Joel Osteen

DayDevilYouWillToneSet

Media companies' hit-focused marketing did not emerge in a vacuum. It reflects how consumers make choices. The truth is that consumers prefer blockbusters.

Anita Elberse

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When I go home, I'm not the DA. I talk to my son about his day, I talk to my daughter about her day. I'm a wife and a mother.

Jeanine Pirro

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While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Ronald Reagan

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I would love to have a song that I wrote by myself to win a 'Song of the Year' award.

Miranda Lambert

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My love of books - not just of their tactile pleasures but of their astonishing variety - was born in a book-filled house; my father is a scholar.

Julia Glass

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I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

Christian McKay

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I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.

Conor Oberst

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I love language because when it succeeds, for me, it doesn't just tell me something. It enacts something. It creates something. And it goes both ways. Sometimes it's violent. Sometimes it hurts you. And sometimes it saves you.

Claudia Rankine

LoveMeLanguageYouSometimesTell

I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all.

Anne Hathaway

WorldThroughAspirationsDomination

I used to think I needed to have drama at all times, or I wouldn't have the fuel for the performance. Now I know that's not true. That doesn't mean I don't feel it, but I recognize it when I do and put the brakes on. And if the performance isn't what it might have been once, I've learned not to judge myself as much.

Audra McDonald

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