Alexandra Petri Quotes

Anything you loved, however intensely, becomes mortifying the moment you cease to love it.

Alexandra Petri

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LoveMomentLovedYouAnything

When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn't lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn't a question of their ability - it was a question of their ability to listen.

Jocko Willink

TimeFireTrainingTeamListenLead

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

Joe Torre

EasyYouSayWantMoreSomething

Once you develop a comfort level with someone, that translates on camera.

Meghan Markle

SomeoneCameraYouComfortLevel

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.

John Ruskin

ChangeArtThoughtCapableNoble

I don't travel anywhere without the PS3 and XBox. There's nothing better to do on long bus trips while on tour.

Soulja Boy

TravelBetterLongNothingBusTour

When I visited Syrian special forces along the front lines, I was given extraordinary amounts of detail. They gave me the code numbers for the various positions they've got, told me where the rebels were - about 800 meters away in a forest. I met soldiers who had been wounded but were still serving.

Robert Fisk

MeDetailForestNumbersSpecial

It's nice that fans want to see me fight. It definitely helps and gets everyone excited. It gets the UFC excited, and they are quick to put me back in there. But I really just focus on myself and getting ready to fight.

Robbie Lawler

MyselfFocusFightMeBackNice

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

Robert Carlyle

SocietyActingMagnetArtsGeneral

Well, we played with Soul Coughing once for like two days, that was pretty cool. I mean they were all good, you can pull a great experience from everything.

Mike Lowry

GoodGreatExperienceSoulCoolYou

I have absolutely no doubts that the best for the U.K. is to stay in the European Union.

Miroslav Lajcak

BestStayUnionAbsolutelyDoubts

I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed.

Josh Turner

ThinkPhoneI CanPlaceGoYears

People ask for autographs, and I wonder why before realising, 'Oh, that's right, I'm doing well in boxing.'

Joseph Parker

PeopleDoingWonderBoxingWhyAsk

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