Alexandra Petri Quotes
All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr.
Alexandra Petri
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
Aaron McGruder
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
E. L. Konigsburg
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Mr. Trump, Americans can't afford, and don't want, to worry about the latest lawsuit filed against their president. And you're not immune from these suits once you enter the Oval Office. Anything you've done before taking office is fair game.
Fabrizio Moreira
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I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, 'I'm just gonna be me,' and all the thugs just said, 'It's OK, he's special.' They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.
Q-Tip
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Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.
Rand Beers
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Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
Utah Phillips
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I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
Zooey Deschanel
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I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.
Vicki Lawrence
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
Randy Pausch
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Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.
Aaron Staton
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The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
Quentin Crisp
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Being good at fashion and beauty and girly stuff has been such a point of insecurity for me; I'm not good at coming up with jokes that make fun of other people for that, because I don't feel like I have a mastery of it myself.
Rachel Bloom
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No American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found guilty of a crime by a court.
Rand Paul
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I never started doing the videos because I thought they were going to get millions of views. I started doing them because I was at home, and I was bored.
William Singe
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Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, "I could sing that song. I've got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs; it is actually important to do songs they're familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I've changed people's perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.
Alan Cumming
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I always say every single moment that has led me to this moment has made me who I am.
Kristen Stewart
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All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr.
Alexandra Petri
