Alexandra Petri Quotes

All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr.

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• It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

  

  Aaron Neville
  • God
  • Me
  • Judging

• Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Children
  • Giving
  • Charity

• But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.

  

  Jack Dee
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  • Important
  • Kids

• Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • People
  • Children
  • Telling

• Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

  

  Aaron McGruder
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  • You
  • Rights

• 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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  • Small
  • Space

• 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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  • Game
  • Worry

• 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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  • Me
  • Talent

• Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

  

  Rand Beers
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  • Situation
  • Dreaming

• 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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  • Why
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• I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Safety
  • Will
  • Tights

• 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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  • Up
  • Business

• 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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  • Time
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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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  • Nice
  • Day

• The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Children
  • Trouble

• As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
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  • God
  • Long

• Children are all foreigners.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Children
  • Foreigners

• Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.

  

  Oscar Nunez
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  • Find
  • Difficult

• There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.

  

  Bruno Dumont
  • People
  • Up
  • God

• It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.

  

  Anupam Kher
  • Good
  • Important
  • Hand

• You can always tell when gas is expensive. You always see street gangs doing walk-bys.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy

• I used to make short films even as a kid. I used to have a camera and play around with it. So, I was always interested in the process and telling stories. I've always wanted to direct.

  

  Dulquer Salmaan

• I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.

  

  Jinder Mahal
  • Sports
  • Teenager
  • Soccer

• All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr.

  

  Alexandra Petri
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