Peter Bergen Quotes

The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another suburban dad flipping though the channels with his remote.

Peter Bergen

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I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

Michael Shannon

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I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.

Chris Isaak

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I just want to go to work and play dress up, like, for the rest of my life.

Chelsea Kane

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Frankly, I would never ask a supporter to bet big on me if I wouldn't bet big on myself. It wouldn't be fair.

Bruce Rauner

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I've tried repeatedly, but I just cannot sink my teeth into the WWE product.

Shane Douglas

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You fall in love, and it completely consumes you.

Selena Gomez

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Nixon had been to China. He had been to Russia doing arms negotiation. And so, he was on his way toward what happened in November, which was an electoral win with 49 states. And the sheer unnecessariness of the Watergate break-in is something that must have tormented him and his allies in all of the years that followed.

Thomas Mallon

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I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.

Martin Gore

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I trained as an actor with Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, and Harold Clurman, and those guys set a very high bar.

Martin Landau

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All the things that are worth doing, take time.

Mos Def

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Richard Burton is one of my heroes.

Mark Shand

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I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death.

Gwyneth Paltrow

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