Alexandra Petri Quotes

Yale students want to impress you with what they're doing. Harvard students want to impress you with how cool they look while doing it.

Alexandra Petri

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CoolDoingYouLookWantImpress

What actor wouldn't want to work with Mel Gibson?

Jim Caviezel

WorkWantActorGibson

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.

John Bonham

NightDoingRememberHandsEarly

There is in the DNA of the Italians a bit of madness, which in the overwhelming majority of cases is positive. It is genius. It is talent. It's the masterpieces of art. It's the food, fashion, everything that makes Italy great in the world.

Matteo Renzi

PositiveGreatArtFoodTalentDNA

Hyatt lost its appeal because it was too big a machine. It's easy to systematize economies of scale, but you slowly lose who you are.

John Pritzker

EasyYouLoseLostBigBecause

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

Steve Ballmer

TimeMoneyHardPointMakeSome

I'm trying to make sure that for myself and for my family, I'm staying as close to the heart of God that I possibly can.

Sonny Sandoval

FamilyGodHeartMyselfTryingSure

On that Sunday of the Masters I remember turning on ESPN to find people talking about me. I switched over to the Golf Channel and people were talking about me. It was hard to escape.

Rory McIlroy

PeopleMeGolfTalkingRemember

And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed.

Rube Goldberg

MeCareFindingEarthNothingMore

The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.

Rudolf Arnheim

CountrySpiceOverArtsGiveAccent

I want to be number one.

Masayoshi Son

WantNumber

I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to.

Diana Ross

HomeTraveledSuccessfulTakeGoing

I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again.

Claire Danes

ExperienceFreeKidAdultBeenJust

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