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Alexandra Petri Quotes

Stereotyped as convention-going, pocket-protector-wearing, chess-playing, infrequently-showering types, nerds are one of our society's most ridiculed groups. And, for a university with an international reputation as a bastion of intellectualism, Harvard is startlingly devoid of them.

Alexandra Petri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american

Topics

Society Reputation University Harvard

I didn't read Western novels much until I was in my twenties, but I had a diet of them on film and TV, as well as other things, of course.

Joe R. Lansdale

Diet Things Film Well Read Course

It's important to work hard, stay humble, and not let the criticism or the compliments go to your head.

Jessica Sanchez

Work Humble Work Hard Criticism Go

My sister was an actress before I ever got into it, and I kinda wanted to do what she was doing. That was a really young age. Four years old? I just followed her everywhere and just wanted to do what she wanted to do. I didn't even know what I was getting myself into. I just wanted to be where she was and do what she was doing.

Age Myself Sister Doing Know Young

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

Him Missing Big Would Part Touring

Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Fear Romantic Past Writing Criticism

I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me.

People Me More Always Asking Than

Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.

Great Style Language Logic Tradition

Pat O'Brien knows nothing. He's on the Hell express.

Hell Nothing Knows He Pat Express

'SNL' was a dream come true for me. It was a fantastic year. I don't have any regrets.

Michaela Watkins

Me Year Dream True Regrets Come

There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of people who are kind of some percentage or some version of that.

People Think Gay Kind Lesbian Who

According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got a chance. The number would have been higher, but the other 60 percent already live here.

Live Chance New Say Survey Mexico

For me, the association with rock is one of force and anger and aggression. And definitely, in the past, I've made songs that attack like that. But what I usually try to appeal to is peoples' everyday feelings, the things that they're going through as they deal with the system on a one-to-one level.

Past Anger Me Feelings Rock Try

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