Alexandra Petri Quotes

Comedy and politics have a lot in common. Both are great ways to pick up chicks - just look at Governor Spitzer. Or Ellen Degeneres. Both require spending time on the road meeting strangers who often have the desire to throw things at you. Both are difficult, if not impossible, to do all alone. And both rely heavily on personality.

Alexandra Petri

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I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.

Jim Harrison

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I write for a lot of places, so I'm on a lot of promo lists.

John Darnielle

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In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

Rosanna Arquette

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Delivering compelling premium experiences across screens is core to our mission at Yahoo.

Ross Levinsohn

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We want to push boundaries musically if we can and come at things from a different direction.

Mike McCready

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We need to make people understand that there is a definite connection between what happens in their everyday lives and the decisions we make in Washington, D.C.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

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We need policy change, and the most important thing people can do is to contribute and participate in the political process. We have to vote climate change deniers and people who will create subsidies for the fossil fuel industry out of office. We have to protest when bad decisions are being made about fracking or tar sands.

Josh Fox

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A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over.

Johnny Van Zant

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I always come across like I'm looking serious, but I just don't like smiling. Honestly, obviously I'm different in person.

Dolores O'Riordan

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Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.

Drew Bledsoe

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If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if you're 12: if you draw, you draw. If you're 85 and you paint, you paint.

Chrissie Hynde

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Fate pulls you in different directions.

Clint Eastwood

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