Alexandra Petri Quotes
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'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
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U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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It's great to be able to continue my career in Chicago. Playing with the best organization in sports and the best fans in the game is a blessing.
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Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
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For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.
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The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom.
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Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.
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As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.
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Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
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I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.
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When you mix fashion and politics, you get fascism. Politics have fashion, and it's bad; fashion has politics, that are ugly.
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I have a house in the Connecticut countryside where you'll always find me, summer or winter.
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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book, in a way that is unique and special to each person who reads it.
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The scene we shot with Charlie Rose was actually the last piece that was ever shot for 'Breaking Bad.' My daughter and I flew to New York; we got to shoot in the 'Charlie Rose' studio. Adam Godley and Jessica Hecht are such expert performers that we were able to get it very beautifully and very quickly.
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We can, after all, learn much from lessons we did not sign up for.
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I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.
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No one has debates on Twitter.
