Alexandra Petri Quotes
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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Nowadays, with much more racial and ethnic mixing, we are seeing serial killers murdering a variety of victims; whoever comes along will most likely do.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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Every villain needs her story told.
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What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
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Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
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I'm there on all the social networking sites, as it plays an important role.
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A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear.
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The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but not inwardly from the historicity of their souls.
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The crowd's a really powerful force on the Internet, and people finally understand how to harness that.
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Every role is a new form of surrender.
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When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
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When I decided to work with Krishna Vamsi, people around me were apprehensive about my decision. They warned me that I shouldn't work with an unsuccessful director.
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The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.
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YouTube can sometimes be really discouraging. When I first started doing it, I almost stopped doing it.
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I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue.
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Men take much more notice of older women in France, so I might move there. I think I'm a good bet.
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The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job to turn his culture from religion, to eliminate those irrational ideas which have held the human race in intellectual slavery.
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Journalists run many risks. It comes with the profession.
