Alexandra Petri Quotes
It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'
Quotes to Explore
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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Making a movie is like an accelerated version of growing up with someone. You spend so many hours a day with each other, and you're putting your heart into this same effort.
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Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I would never do 'Stardust Memories' because I don't particularly like that kind of movie - that would be why I wouldn't do that.
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Being able to go into Wimbledon and be part of an amazing atmosphere is special.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the tooth fairy sneaks into our rooms at night to put money under our pillow. Everything amazes us, and we think anything is possible. We continuously experience life with a sense of newness and unbridled curiosity.
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I've been a lucky boy.
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A woman who tells her age tells everything, and I won't tell it.
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I had gone through game, after game, after game, first being a professor at Harvard, then being a psychedelic spokesman, and still people were constantly looking into my eyes, like 'Do you know?' Just that subtle little look, and I was constantly looking into their eyes 'Do you know?'
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I can always act.
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All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore. Most of the guys I know would punch me on the nose for saying this, but maybe we do have to bring back conscription.
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It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'
