Alexandra Petri Quotes

Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something.

Alexandra Petri

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PeopleMindYouWanderDownEat

The thing about the basics is they don't really change - it's the details and the proportions that change. The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.

John Varvatos

ChangeSuitsDetailsTalkingYou

The industry is big, and if I get an interesting role, I will take it up.

Amy Jackson

InterestingWillUpBigIndustry

The concept of a 'job' is pretty recent. If you go back a few hundred years, everyone was either a slave or a serf, or living off slave or serf labor to pursue science or philosophy or art.

Steve Jurvetson

ScienceArtJobPhilosophyYouBack

Lack of etiquette and manners is a huge turn off. Men who don't behave decently are irritating. Also, I don't like guys who show off. When will guys realize that girls hate showoffs!

Shraddha Kapoor

HateMenMannersWillRealizeTurn

I've considered myself a writer since I was 7 years old, but I've done a lot of jobs along the way. I enjoyed waiting tables and tending bar during college, especially when it got busy, so I might like managing a big restaurant. In fact, I might like managing many kinds of businesses or organizations.

Tom Reiss

MyselfWaitingCollegeBusyDone

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well.

Tom Ford

PersonalityPerfectionMeStriving

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I was a speechwriter on 'The West Wing,' so I like that kind of thing. But I never really thought I'd write a book.

Rob Lowe

BookThoughtKindNeverMeanWrite

I am an openly proud gay man.

Michael Sam

ManI AmProudGayAmOpenly

I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative.

Judy Sheindlin

MoneyGovernmentPeopleWhoPart

We believe that it is very important that we have hopefully averted what would have been the most substantial headwind of all, which is a default for the first time in our history, and that that will contribute to a more positive environment that we hope will allow for greater growth and job creation.

Jay Carney

PositiveGrowthHopeHistoryTime

When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets. So what is it that's so important to shoot at?

Jonathan Safran Foer

TalkingImportantTalkRightGuns

I see bodies as individual things.

Joni Mitchell

SeeI SeeIndividualThingsBodies

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