Terry Gross Quotes
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Quotes to Explore
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters.
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We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?
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Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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Los Angeles is a good city in which to be a reporter. Always entertaining, always an incubator.
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I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.
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I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.
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My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
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I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film.
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I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way.
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I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.
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We're right on the edge of going into a drought period. If there's no change, we're likely to see a drought this spring.
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I don't like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight...I've always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.
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I think what holds people up in creative processes is the expectation of what it is they're doing. It's also the sense of judgement, you know, people editing themselves.
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Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary. It's not about me. It's about being part of something.
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I needed to pay for my horses in Warwickshire, and I couldn't do that off a waitress' wage.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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You should never leave something with a feeling of defeat.
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There should be a revenue stream that helps pay for the publication or for the work and helps pay the people who do it.
