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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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 think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this film. And I've taken my wand and I've got my cloak.
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There's no such thing as downtime for your brain.
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After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union.
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I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.
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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.
