Terry Gross Quotes
I mean, Dad was one of these people who simply could not lose, you know? He could not stand it when a kid was beating him. He would go crazy when the child came to that moment, which, you know, you have to come to - I mean, Dad played Old Maids like he played football. He just simply had to win every single thing every single time.
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
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Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.
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Here in Denmark, you can easily just be left alone. This is my 'hood, and people leave me alone; it's nice.
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It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race.
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As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.
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Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
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I don't believe in changing the unchangeable.
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As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing - hopefully.
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I'm going to be shaking my booty when I'm 55.
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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.
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I lived a very isolated life. When you start at 20, you have a lot of nonsense to work out of your system.
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Monks throng like a kennel of pups from disputing with the masters who instruct them whether the run of the wind is one, or one the ocean's waters or one the spark of fire - an illimitable clamour.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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I live every day, day to day. I will go wherever life takes me. I'm not questioning it.
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When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
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For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
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I mean, Dad was one of these people who simply could not lose, you know? He could not stand it when a kid was beating him. He would go crazy when the child came to that moment, which, you know, you have to come to - I mean, Dad played Old Maids like he played football. He just simply had to win every single thing every single time.
