Alexandra Petri Quotes

Harvard prides itself on its diversity - economic, racial, social, geographical - but it remains intellectually segregated. It's not what conservative commentators seem to imagine - a bastion of liberal professors force-feeding radical opinions to a naive student body.

Alexandra Petri

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I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure.

Jessica Hahn

UglyFeltVeryInsecureActually

I definitely see myself as an international musician. When I play, I respect the source of the music, whether it's Cuban, Brazilian or Israeli. I try to bring that to all of the music I play. Music has no borders and no flags.

Anat Cohen

MusicRespectMyselfPlayTrySee

I wanted to have a book that showed there's no one way to sound black. I wanted to tell teens that the way you speak is okay; you're good the way you are.

Angie Thomas

GoodBookSpeakBlackYouWay

I'm having to learn to get the balance right, because if you want a full-time career, and you also want to be a mother who is there for your child, then you have to make sure that when you do spend time together, you're really there for them.

Trinny Woodall

MotherTimeTogetherBalanceChild

When I was a kid, we didn't have any blues stations. I never heard Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters or any of those people until the Stones had come along, and I took it upon myself to find out who these people were that they were covering.

Tom Petty

MyselfPeopleWolfFindBluesNever

You have to know the classics if you want to cook modern food.

Tom Colicchio

FoodYouKnowWantModernCook

If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

GodGreatTalentMeDivaGive Me

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Miguel de Cervantes

CatsPlayExpectMustThose

I got mail from a prison once.

Chloe Kim

PrisonMailGotOnce

I would not like to be replaced by someone who immediately sets about undoing what I've tried to do for 25-26 years.

Antonin Scalia

SomeoneYearsWouldWhoLikeTried

At the Facebook engineering level are some of the smartest people I've ever worked with.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

PeopleEngineeringFacebookLevel

I mean, look, teachers don't do their job for the money, obviously, because we pay them ridiculously little amounts for what they put in. Most of them come out of their own pocket for materials and things to help the children and all that.

Phil McGraw

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