Alexandra Petri Quotes
By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs.
Quotes to Explore
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Sometimes the better an actor is, the less he's noticed.
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I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely.
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I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within.
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
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One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.
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The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.
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When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
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Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.
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If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
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If I had been straight, I would have been an entirely different person. I would never have turned toward writing with a burning desire to confess, to understand, to justify myself in the eyes of others... I wouldn't have been impelled to live in New York and choose the hard poverty of bohemia over the soft comfort of the business world.
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Of course Airbnb made mistakes the first year! Some came from our own preconceptions. When we started, we designed our interface for ourselves, Internet-savvy twentysomethings. We never considered the role of good eyesight in our interface - font size, vernacular; it all matters.
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I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
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By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs.
