Terry Gross Quotes
I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's a great chance you'll beat your wife. And if you were beaten as a child, there's a terrific chance you're going to be a child-beater.
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All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.
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The professed war-weariness among populations who have sent only a small percentage of their sons and daughters to fight in recent wars may derive from a failure to communicate effectively what is at stake in those wars and explain why the efforts are worthy of the risks, resources, and sacrifices necessary to sustain the strategy.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.
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There are tons of wonderful places to eat in London.
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If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.
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I've been your slave Ever since I've been your babe But before I be your dog I'll see you in your grave.
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Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
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You should be watching 'White Collar' because it's a fun, intelligent procedural infused with a lot of great character writing by Jeff Eastin.
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I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.
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Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.
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I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.
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I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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If you look at what happened with Underground Railroad, there is so much action. There is so much intrigue; there is so much of historical importance.
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I just want to work with the best people I can get my hands on.
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Me personally, I'm a guy who it took a long time to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing. I relate to a lot of that finding oneself a little later in the game, or being thrown a curve later in the game.
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I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's a great chance you'll beat your wife. And if you were beaten as a child, there's a terrific chance you're going to be a child-beater.
