Alexandra Petri Quotes
The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing.Alexandra Petri
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
Samuel J. Palmisano -
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
Zach Wamp -
My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.
Dakota Fanning -
If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
N. R. Narayana Murthy -
The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
Tamara Tunie
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For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
Felicity Kendal -
A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
Vanessa Hudgens -
Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
Daniel De Leon -
I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
Oliver Reed -
If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
Ingrid Betancourt
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
Mandy Patinkin -
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Salvador Dali -
The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
Harry Browne -
I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
T. J. Miller -
How does one get bored of life?
Osric Chau
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It was just total instincts. I just let it go.
Apolo Ohno -
I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.
Wadah Khanfar -
Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.
Thomas Hobbes -
The material of typography is the black, and it is the designer’s task with the help of this black to capture space, to create harmonious whites inside the letters as well as between them.
Adrian Frutiger -
The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing.
Alexandra Petri