Alexandra Petri Quotes

Forced to confront a reptile or an international financial crisis, I'll take the reptile every time.

Alexandra Petri

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TimeFinancialCrisisTakeForced

I'm always trying to find the next comedian that just gives me something a little funny to combine with all of the depressing news that I'm processing.

Jesse Williams

FunnyMeTryingFindNewsAlways

I didn't realize Oklahoma had so many fine women.

Metta World Peace

WomenRealizeOklahomaFineMany

I have a choice - I can either watch all the dailies, or I can follow the social media. I can't do both.

Steven Spielberg

Social MediaMediaChoiceI CanBoth

Regarding themselves as irreplaceable, both Lenin and Stalin tried in different ways to destroy their successors - Lenin through a testament that attacked Stalin and Trotsky, Stalin through purges culminating in the Doctors' Plot of 1953.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

ThroughDestroyIrreplaceablePlot

This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story.

Michel Hazanavicius

FunMeSayingStoryLanguageYou

I'm not interested in how people dress.

Miuccia Prada

DressPeopleNot InterestedHow

I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.

Dolly Parton

GreatI AmConfidentCreateWillAm

No matter what anybody says, relationships are based on physical attraction. The first time I saw my wife, it was pure animal whatever.

Denis Leary

TimeWifeAnimalRelationshipsFirst

People are literally tracking everything. People are becoming more empowered and knowing what's going into their body.

Denise Morrison

PeopleBodyMoreKnowingEverything

My view is that homeopathy is what you can do before you go to a doctor, not instead of going to a doctor, and it's a way of being positive and pro-active about health.

Debra Stephenson

PositiveHealthDoctorViewYouGo

I was the kid who stared out the window. I fantasized myself on the deck of pirate ships - Cussler at the bridge.

Clive Cussler

MyselfWindowBridgeKidPirateOut

The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing with me. I don't know if I was good or not; I just knew I was having a ball, and for the first time, I felt I belonged somewhere.

Ato Essandoh

GoodTimeMeKnowFirst TimeFirst

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