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My first summer in college, I interned for Arena Stage in D.C. and taught a disastrous class on standup comedy to middle schoolers at the Arena Stage camp. I had never taught anything before, and needless to say, I quickly lost control of the class.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Anything Arena Before Camp Class College Comedy Control Disastrous First Had Lost Middle Needless Never Quickly Say Stage Standup Summer Taught

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My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far, no one has.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Else Everybody Everybody Else Far Goal Hope Me Stops Than Weirder

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People feel compelled to continue reading and hearing the news. Sometimes, you just want somebody to be yelling at it with you as you're reading it. I think of that as my function.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Compelled Continue Feel Function Hearing Just News People Reading Somebody Sometimes Think Want Yelling You I Think

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I tend to process stuff by making jokes about it. It's something that makes me annoying to be around in times of real crisis.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: About Annoying Around Crisis Jokes Makes Making Me Process Real Something Stuff Tend Times

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Worst case scenario, nothing I do has any value or purpose, but if I can make someone laugh, I'm at least as useful as a piece of quiche would be.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Any Case Laugh Least Make Nothing Piece Purpose Scenario Someone Useful Value Worst Would I Can

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One of the things I try to do - and I always regret when I'm not doing it - is I try to read as much as possible as I'm consuming news.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Always Consuming Doing Much News One Of The Things Possible Read Regret Things Try

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Millennials don't go to rallies.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Go Millennials Rallies

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It's not that Millennials don't believe some things are serious. We'll make 'It Gets Better' videos or perform comedy for disaster relief. But sum up our lives in a phrase? The Importance of Never Being Too Earnest.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Being Believe Better Comedy Disaster Earnest Gets Importance Lives Make Millennials Never Our Our Lives Perform Phrase Relief Serious Some Some Things Sum Things Too Up Videos

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Millennials give comics the kind of adulation past generations reserved for musicians. We respect Lady Gaga. But we'll travel hundreds of miles to touch the hem of Jon Stewart's robe.

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: Adulation Comics Gaga Generations Give Hundreds Jon Kind Lady Lady Gaga Miles Millennials Musicians Past Reserved Respect Robe Touch Travel

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How many stories do you know about people cooped up in places because of deep snowfall? How many stories where something good happens to those people?

~Alexandra Petri

Topics: About Because Deep Do You Know Good Happens How Know Many People Places Something Something Good Stories Those Up Where You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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