Alexandra Petri Quotes
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How can we make sure that Confucianism is to be practiced? One must enforce it with power, and to have power, one must have a strong army.
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I had auditioned for 'The Vampire Diaries' years ago before 'The Originals' happened, so I was familiar with that mythology.
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I love the energy over here in the U.K., the hospitality is insane.
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, 'Can't you write anything normal?'
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This nation loves singing and loves acting.
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Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
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By bringing about a rational drug policy, we'd be freeing up a lot of resources for real crime. Drug disputes would get played out with courts rather than with guns. So it would make this country a much better place overnight.
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Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all.
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Before comfort had been squeezed out of the hard land, like blood out of stone.
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There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.
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The 14 points for quality control apply anywhere, to small organizations as well as to large ones...:
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Trade and gambling and a woman occasionally - that was a man’s life.
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I should say that the universe is just there, and that is all.
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Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.
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It was this idea (Be nice!) that fueled liberals' rage at Reagan when he vanquished the Soviet Union with his macho 'cowboy diplomacy' that was going to get us all blown up. As the Times editorial page hysterically described Reagan's first year in office: 'Mr. Reagan looked at the world through gun sights.' Yes, he did! And now the Evil Empire is no more.
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I don't want to start singing about things like sex, drugs and swearing. I'm into love, and maybe I'll get more into making love when I'm older. But I want to be someone who is respected by everybody.
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You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.
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“For patients to claim a right to any procedures they wish is to challenge a conscientious physician’s integrity as a physician.”
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'Nothing', I said sadly. 'They are two delightful women!' 'And neither of them is for you?' finished Poirot. 'Never mind. Console yourself, my friend. We may hunt together again, who knows?'
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God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.
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One afternoon in early January, the weather showed a lack of character. There was no frost nor wind: the trees in the garden did not stir.
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In general, sincerity is awkward.
