Alexandra Petri Quotes

If you're doing what you do because you love it, you have room to be happy for others. And that's a lot of fun, when you get down to it.

Alexandra Petri

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LoveFunHappyBe HappyDoingYou

I grew up down in Florida, and in the Keys, there's this place called Sea Camp which was not unlike Space Camp, except you explored the sea. And so that kind of whetted my appetite for that. But then I ended up swimming in a lagoon full of Cassiopeia jellyfish, and that quickly quashed that desire to be a marine biologist.

Joe Lo Truglio

SeaSpaceSwimmingYouDownPlace

In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for food means you also have a love for those you are preparing it for and for yourself.

Joe Bastianich

LoveFoodYourselfCareYouShow

Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy, you have to fully commit to the joke. Shame is not part of it. If you act shy or uncomfortable about your body, that makes the audience shy and uncomfortable. And in a comedy you just want them to loosen up and laugh.

John C. Reilly

LaughComedyDoingUncomfortableYou

Argentina and Burma. I have been to most of the countries in the world, but not those two. I want to shoot doves in Argentina. Burma, of course, because no one has really been there.

Jeremy Clarkson

WorldWantTwoShootArgentinaBeen

I learned about not just being with someone because I don't want to be alone: being willing to be alone, and then find something that feels right and just reaching for companionship for companionship's sake. Not letting drama lead my life.

Amy Landecker

LifeAloneMy LifeSomeoneFind

Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.

Ron Estes

ControlDebtMoreYearsBringGet

Our goal isn't to make money. Our goal absolutely at Apple is not to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but it's the truth. Our goal, and what gets us excited, is to try to make great products.

Jonathan Ive

TruthGreatMoneyAppleGoalTry

Every good business story has a conflict and triumph at the core and a turning point where a transformation takes place.

Dinesh Paliwal

GoodBusinessConflictStoryPlace

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.

Donella Meadows

FoolEnvironmentalYouMayAble

'A great British icon' is not the phrase I'd use about anybody, but there are people you admire that happen to be British. I think it's a phrase that gets attached to anyone who's been around long enough to become overfamiliar.

Colin Firth

GreatPeopleThinkEnoughLongYou

Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a joke and has become a very serious science.

Arthur Machen

DreamsBusinessScienceSillyBecome

We live in an abundant universe. Everything we need to take care of ourselves, those things are all around us. Don't focus on that economy. Don't believe that there's not enough for you.

Susan L. Taylor

LiveFocusBelieveCareUniverse

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