Alexandra Petri Quotes
My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far, no one has.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.
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For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel relaxed and comfortable in my skin. I think I'm going to be dancing on tables when I'm 50. I really hope I am.
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I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that He sends His people to help after the storms, and that with and through God, there is always hope.
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I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.
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I think it just takes one little snowflake to start a snowball to go down the hill. My contribution and, say, Kendrick Lamar's and some chosen others' start the snowball. That's all I can hope for. I don't know if I'm comfortable being quote-unquote a leader.
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When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon.
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We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.
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'Selvandhan' is my first dubbed venture, which will release simultaneously with the original. It is a family drama. It has familiar Tamil faces, and I hope it does well.
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Now that I know what goes into making a pilot, keeping it on the air, and keeping your fans, I'm at a point now where I do a pilot and just hope for the best. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out.
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There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it.
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Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.
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Being in New Mexico was such a great experience for me, and I hope to get back there one day for some more films or TV.
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When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street.
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Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.
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I am your original autodidact.
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When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score.
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My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far, no one has.
