Alexandra Petri Quotes
Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something.
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Life is going to unfold as it should because life always does.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
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Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.
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I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.
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If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.
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I didn't really grow up playing video games. I had an original Nintendo after the original Nintendo was cool.
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I don't just say I'm conservative. I have boot leather to my gospel.
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I would love for there to be a 'Voodoo Dreams' movie, especially after seeing the glorious 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' I so admired how the filmmakers captured Louisiana and the magical atmosphere. I cried.
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Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something.
