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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Playing a room, it's a real dictator-type situation - you can really move the crowd the way you want to. In a festival, there's a sea of people, and it's harder to lock in on any one group.
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You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.
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To the man who is afraid everything rustles.
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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.
