Peter Bergen Quotes

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.

Peter Bergen

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I became known as the guy who did the worst show in the history of television.

Jerry Van Dyke

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And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting.

Robert Rauschenberg

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At the time, 'Oxygene' was considered a totally 'far out' concept... What was 'in' at the time was disco, hard-rock, and the early days of punk... and moreover, 'Oxygene' was instrumental. And I was French!

Jean-Michel Jarre

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It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

Spike Lee

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I'm fully and completely convinced that the 'Hour of Power' is a step in leading people to a fuller understanding of who Jesus is. I can't tell you how many people have watched the 'Hour of Power' and say, 'Now I feel confident to be able to go to a church'... That's what the 'Hour of Power' does.

Robert A. Schuller

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We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed.

Rowan Williams

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At some point, all black movies became biopics. All the good, serious ones became biopics. 'Ray,' 'Ali'... those types of movies, those are the opportunities available for mostly men. Those are the opportunities for a black actor to transcend 'black' movies. They have to play a black icon.

Martine Syms

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The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Joseph Joubert

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You still have to pitch the same game, execute your pitches as best you can. If the shadows end up helping you out, then great, but you can't really worry about that stuff.

Jon Lester

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I've been offered TV things over the years, but usually, that's about that I don't want to be away from home for that long, because it's a long time to be away your home country and my family.

David Thewlis

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External pressure I never worried about.

Ara Parseghian

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I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

Allen Iverson

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