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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The greatest rewards come only from the greatest commitment.
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The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
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I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way. That's why I resist being appropriated as the current repository of Shakespeare on the planet. That would mean I'm part of the English cultural elite, and I am utterly ill-fitted to be.
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If there's anything material and we didn't report it we'd be breaking the law. We don't break the law.
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Journalists run many risks. It comes with the profession.
