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  • Although it is true that petros and petra can mean 'stone' and 'rock' respectively in earlier Greek, the distinction is largely confined to poetry.

    Mean   Rocks   Greek  
  • There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us... and I will do my best.

    "Model Petra Nemcova Recovering After Tsunami". abcnews.go.com. May 17, 2005.
  • My stylist has really great taste - Petra Flannery has really great taste. I mean, I am opinionated, and as time goes on, as I've gotten to see more dresses or more clothes, it's easier to say, 'I like that' or 'I don't like that,' but it's nothing I would ever, you know, design.

    Mean   Clothes   Design  
    "Emma Stone Talks Comedy, ‘The Croods’ And Cameron Crowe; Scores Off The Charts On Likability". Interview with Jessica Kiang, www.indiewire.com. February 24, 2013.
  • I love accessories. I'm a girl. I love shoes. I love handbags.

  • What --- you don't believe in true love?" Petra asked. "The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?" - "Beauty Queens

    Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.266, Scholastic Inc.
  • Adina appealed to the sky. "We asked for rescue and you sent us incompetent rockstar pirates with a broken ship and perfect abs?" "Thank you, God," Petra said.

    Sky   Broken   Perfect  
  • What makes a girl a girl? What makes a guy a guy? Do you have to be what they want you to be? Or do you stop and listen to that voice inside you? I know who I am. I'm Petra West. And I'm a girl. You want me to sleep somewhere else, fine. Whatever. But I'm not going to pretend to be somebody I'm not. I've done enough of that.

  • The Greek makes the distinction between petros and petra simply because it is trying to preserve the pun, and in Greek the feminine petra could not very well serve as a masculine name.

    Names   Greek   Trying  
  • We, the generation that faces the next century, can add the solemn injunction ''If we don't do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.

    Add   Generations   Next  
    Petra Karin Kelly, Glenn D. Paige (1992). “Nonviolence Speaks to Power”, Matsunaga Inst for Peace
  • It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

    Hurt   Pain   Ruins  
    Orson Scott Card (2003). “Shadow Puppets”, p.101, Macmillan
  • Petra turned to her. "Everybody lies about who they are. Name one person here who isn't doing that and I will drop out right now!" Shanti felt that snake of truth coil around her legs, threatening to squeeze. "I didn't mean..." "No one ever does." Petra said, shoving the baton back at Shanti.

    Lying   Mean   Snakes  
    Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.129, Scholastic Inc.
  • If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.

    "The Ecology of Freedom". Book by Murray Bookchin, p. 107, 2005.
  • So you love me," said Petra softly when the kiss ended. I'm a raging mass of hormones thet I'm too young to understand," said Bean. "You're a female of a closely related species. According to all the best primatologists, I really have no choice." That's nice," she said.

    Nice   Kissing   Choices  
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