Alexandra Petri Quotes
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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I'm quite fluent in Telugu now, but there's a difference between talking and dubbing. While dubbing, the diction must be in sync with the emotion in the scene and would impact my performance.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant.
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.
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But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
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The European Union remains a staunch supporter of the ICC and is committed to full co-operation on the prevention of serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the Court.
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The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.
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The finite play for life is serious; the infinite play of life is joyous.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
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I can be serious for an hour; then I have to go lie down.
