Peter Bergen Quotes

The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other deeper problems.

Peter Bergen

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ProblemsProblemUpRatherDeeper

The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great.

Jessica Lange

WorkGreatMyselfYouSometimes

We all agree that manufacturers have a right to ensure that fake goods are not marketed in their names and that their own goods are not marketed under fake names.

John Conyers

FakeRightNamesOwnAgreeEnsure

It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now.

Mattie Stepanek

LifeBeautifulBetterYouBelief

I've had people say to me, 'You'll never sell handbags. You don't work with leather, and leather is luxury.' To me, it's the complete opposite: leather is everywhere - it's so cheap a material; it's so mass produced. Over 50 million animals a year are killed just for fashion. For me, it doesn't have a luxury element to it.

Stella McCartney

WorkPeopleMeFashionLuxuryYear

I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant.

Sonia Rykiel

I AmMeNeverMovementPartPlayed

Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue. How is it that that's happened to us?

Tom Coburn

GirlThinkGoNowBathroomOklahoma

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

Michael Mandelbaum

AmericanPoliticalTryingOpenWho

There is no way in my right mind I would contemplate running 26 miles-plus unless it involved a chase with Pamela Anderson.

Jasper Carrott

MindWayRightInvolvedChaseWould

Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.

Christina Perri

MusicMemoryListeningSingingSong

I have a reputation for writing all kinds of hard-core, violent things.

Brian Azzarello

WritingReputationThingsKinds

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

Arthur Smith

TravelResearchWritingBookFind

Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me.

Wislawa Szymborska

I AmMeDreamKnowHimComparison

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