Alexandra Petri Quotes
If you're doing what you do because you love it, you have room to be happy for others. And that's a lot of fun, when you get down to it.
Alexandra Petri
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I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.
Laura Osnes
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I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'This is me, this is who I am' because, like, even the question, 'Tell me about yourself' - what are you supposed to say? 'Ooh, I'm a happy girl, but I'm sad, too'? People are so complex.
Zara Larsson
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John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
M. H. Abrams
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Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
Maiara Walsh
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I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
Harold Perrineau
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I've started doing my Kathak, and I rehearse every day. Also, I'm eating right and keeping in shape. I'm a non-smoker and non-drinker and essentially a happy person. That's what counts the most. Your well-being is reflected in your personality.
Madhuri Dixit
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It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.
Nancy Kerrigan
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
Hansika Motwani
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
Victoria Aveyard
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It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it.
Adam Davidson
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So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle.
Nancy Horan
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Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I'm happy to explore any means that will help me achieve that.
Daniel Barber
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My number 1 priority is common sense, because we don't see a lot of that in the state capitol.
Kyrsten Sinema
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I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't know about that, what it means - well, I guess I'd better, or my part's in trouble.
Mary McDonnell
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You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be - no one else is going to do it for you.
Mehmet Oz
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I would never have thought that would happen, ... Remember, when I signed with the Giants in 1955, it was only eight years since Jackie Robinson. But when I talk to Latino players today, a lot of them don't even realize how hard it was for us then.
Orlando Cepeda
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At the end of the day, I have a son.
O. T. Genasis
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If you're doing what you do because you love it, you have room to be happy for others. And that's a lot of fun, when you get down to it.
Alexandra Petri
