Alexandra Petri Quotes
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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I took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family.
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If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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Polenta is one of those ingredients that in many homes spends its days at the back of the kitchen cupboard, on the 'no one knows quite what to do with it' shelf.
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Arnold has succeeded at every level, and I believe he is the only person that can unite the people of this state and lead California from its current dysfunctional condition to the bright future that all residents long for.
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Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
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People talk to pass the time, share information, and entertain each other.
