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My quest to meet Osama bin Laden began in North London early in 1997. In the Dollis Hill section, I contacted Khaled al-Fauwaz, the spokesman for a Saudi opposition group, the Advice and Reformation Committee, which bin Laden had founded.

Peter Bergen

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My tongue is what I used instead of my fists because I was a small and cowardly young man. Amusing people with stories and being bizarre with words was my way of getting out of fixes.

Jim Crace

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What motivates me is to be able to do what I love to do, which is to fight.

Anderson Silva

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Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.

Luc Ferrari

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Either you fight for everybody, or you're really just fighting for yourself and people like you.

Jason Winston George

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I'm not one that really soaks up the limelight. I'm OK with kind of escaping it.

Derek Drouin

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Honors and awards are very interesting, and I truly accept them. I have very high regard for what they mean. What they mean is that they're pointing to the work.

Donovan

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I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow.

Christina Ricci

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If we invest in ourselves, the collective good, we all thrive.

Cory Booker

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All I want is the defining moment.

Brian Bosworth

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Now as far as the organization selling drugs, no. Individuals selling drugs is something else.

Chuck Zito

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People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

Bob Edwards

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So instead of watching TV, we read every night together as a family.

Arne Duncan

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