Alexandra Petri Quotes
Some information is important, and some is not, and intelligence consists in knowing one from the other.Alexandra Petri
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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.
Daniel Bryan -
I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
Victoria Justice -
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.
Jack McBrayer -
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.
Gary Oldman -
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.
Walter Russell Mead -
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.
Oscar Wilde
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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.
Ilie Nastase -
But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
Olivia Wilde -
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.
Iris Apfel -
I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
Kaki King -
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Viktor E. Frankl -
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.
Danica McKellar
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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.
Nana Mouskouri -
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.
Laura Benanti -
The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
Naveen Jain -
We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
Vernon Howard -
Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.
Canelo Alvarez -
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.
Valerie Plame
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Blank paper always symbolizes the anxiety of the painter.
Claude Picasso -
At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family.
Gwen Stefani No Doubt -
For all of us, the collective bargaining agreement is a big deal. We've seen everything in this league - strikes, free agency and salary caps. For some teams in the league, it's going to be tougher. We'll be one of the teams that it will be tough on.
Joe Gibbs -
In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles, however important those may be.
William Falconer -
Some information is important, and some is not, and intelligence consists in knowing one from the other.
Alexandra Petri