Alexandra Petri Quotes
Some information is important, and some is not, and intelligence consists in knowing one from the other.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imminent end of America's unique global role have a harder case to make than those who think we will limp on for a while, making a mess of things as usual.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
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I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.
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The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.
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If Russia did interfere in our election - and, by most accounts, they did - then it is imperative for the health of our democracy to have a thorough and unbiased investigation into the matter.
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Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.
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I struggled with working with producers because no one openly wanted to give me a chance to rap on their beats. That's just honest talk. No one really wanted to take that risk.
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And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you've got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime.
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Some information is important, and some is not, and intelligence consists in knowing one from the other.
