Alexandra Petri Quotes
Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.
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With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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My dad is afraid of my laugh.
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I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
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As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.
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I've always tried to put a little message in my music.
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I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.
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The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.
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Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.
