Alexandra Petri Quotes
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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There is always pressure in football.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I'd like to be more spontaneous.
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My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise.
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Returns matter a lot. It's our capital.
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When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.
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Harper Lee and Truman Capote became friends as next-door neighbors in the late 1920s, when they were about kindergarten age. From the start, they recognized in each other "an apartness," as Capote later expressed it; and both loved reading. When Lee's father gave them an old Underwood typewriter, they began writing original stories together.
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'Laguna Beach' was definitely not as manufactured as 'The Hills' was for me. 'Laguna Beach' was more putting us in situations where we normally wouldn't be in or hanging out with people we wouldn't necessarily hang out with.
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I never count calories, but I eat so well.
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Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.
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Once you start worrying, it's hard to stop.
