Alexandra Petri Quotes
By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs.Alexandra Petri
Quotes to Explore
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Sam Brown -
There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
Paloma Faith -
Sometimes the better an actor is, the less he's noticed.
Kate Jackson -
I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
Daniel Barenboim -
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.
Adam Ferrara -
My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
Pam Grier
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
Vernor Vinge -
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.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely.
Nancy Gibbs -
My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
Samaire Armstrong -
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.
Larry Ellison -
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.
Malcolm Turnbull
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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.
Karl Malone -
Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.
Ed Harris -
As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
Larry Bird -
Fundamental to everything the ancient Greeks achieved was their conviction that good for humanity was possible only if men were free, body, mind, and spirit, and if each man limited his own freedom. A good state or work of art or piece of thinking was possible only through the self-mastery of the free individual, self-government.
Edith Hamilton
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Mr. Dawson's wife was really so very meek that I fear when the Day of Reckoning comes much of this tyranny will be forgiven him and laid to her account.
Elizabeth von Arnim -
When I started to write 'Crazy Thing Called Love,' I wanted a conflict that would not only bring Billy and Maddy together in terms of proximity and give them a common goal but that would also drive a wedge between them. And nothing fit the bill quite like the arrival of some children.
Molly O'Keefe -
You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
Gary Shteyngart -
There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.
Hazrat Inayat Khan -
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.
Francis Parkman -
By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs.
Alexandra Petri