Alexandra Petri Quotes
All that time that we spend tweeting our thoughts and emotions to our next of kin, we could be writing the great American novel, starting a business, or just living.
Alexandra Petri
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
Zachery Ty Bryan
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
Salman Rushdie
If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.
Gabriel E. Gomez
In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
Olivier Theyskens
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
Natalie Massenet
You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we thought that we could do without puking.
Wayne Kramer
At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name.
Carl Rakosi
I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.
Nathan Kress
What kind of business world are we living in?
Jack Ma
Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.
C. S. Lewis
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
Zig Ziglar
With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of local officialdom, furrowing brows throughout University Hall. The lurking fear is that somehow, in the operations of the gigantic administrative machine, a student might get lost in the shuffle.
J. Anthony Lukas
I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.
Rafer Johnson
And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.
Brent Spiner
Kumar Mangalam Birla is one of the most respected business persons.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
My only incentive is to write music that changes me, where the process of making it is a discovery and is true in some way, at that moment.
Johnny Flynn
It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something.
Faith Ford
All that time that we spend tweeting our thoughts and emotions to our next of kin, we could be writing the great American novel, starting a business, or just living.
Alexandra Petri
