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It is hard to imagine two more final endings to the 'war on terror' than the popular revolts against the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and the death of bin Laden.


Peter Bergen

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KATHLEEN BERGEN Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is righ...
DAVID BERGEN Why not just flip the two and have the team thing at the end?
BOB BERGEN The dual meets are much more fan-friendly than these individual tournaments that drag on for 12 hour...
BOB BERGEN I think wrestling would take a big step forward if it treated itself like other team sports. I?d lik...
BOB BERGEN It's somewhat of a contradiction, ... I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to pus...
DAVID BERGEN She's a kid that'll go through a brick wall for you.
SHANNAN BERGEN I'd seen the show, and I'd read the reviews of the show, and I said, 'Oh! What I wouldn't give to wo...
CANDICE BERGEN I love the sort of cat and mouse with Denny Crane and that's really fun to play,
CANDICE BERGEN When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?
CANDICE BERGEN I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his speech was a perfe...
CANDICE BERGEN -Because they're free.
-They might look free, but they aren't. Believe me. You're free.
-H...
DAVID BERGEN I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by ...
ERICH BERGEN Bury the shit when you can and fess up if you can't.
MARGAUX BERGEN I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'...
POLLY BERGEN I've never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?
EDGAR BERGEN What keeps [friends] together? Common history, some shared conquests, a delight in ideas and people ...
MARGAUX BERGEN Friends with whom you seriously fall out are death. Sometimes it will be completely your fault that ...
MARGAUX BERGEN On the literal level, Ada is looking for her father. Charles's search is more psychological. Physica...
DAVID BERGEN I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still s...
DAVID BERGEN To think that this was once Happy Valley.
EDGAR BERGEN We had to have a star each week... Possibly our program being on Sunday and having a little fun with...
EDGAR BERGEN