Terry Gross Quotes
Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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When you have an engagement, at least in my world, the world that I create for myself, an engagement doesn't begin when you hit the stage and end when you leave the stage. It begins when you hit the city limits, and it ends when you leave the city limits.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
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That's a lovely starting point for me as an actor: the question of what will we - or can we - do with this lot of years with which we're blessed? More than my other films, 'The Danish Girl' is about the gigantic risks involved in being true to one's self.
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Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
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Without justice, the most heinous crimes go unpunished; victims are unable to obtain redress, and peace remains an elusive goal, since impunity generates more hatred, leading to acts of revenge and more suffering.
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The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that others are demanding to be given it back - to be 'taught' - is disturbing.
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When you're an entertainer, it's hard not to compare yourself with the next person's success. But you have to trust your own journey and your strengths and believe in yourself. I think that's the best place to start.
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I worked on a farm for a little bit.
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I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.
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Fashion is a way of not having to decide who you are. Style is deciding who you are and being able to perpetuate it.
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The move to hide aging is sort of sad. But it's a wonderful thing to celebrate our aging.
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My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.
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And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.
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One healthy thing I'd like for players to know, whether they're active or former, is you likely can't replicate the thrill of playing before 100,000 people and big hits and making that much money. We can get ourselves into trouble trying to.
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The 1963 Corvair, which has some remarkable characteristics. It's one of the few cars I know that can do the bossa nova on dry pavement and the watusi on wet.
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Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time.
