Terry Gross Quotes
When we spoke, Gene Wilder had just written a memoir called "Kiss Me Like A Stranger." The title was suggested by his late wife Gilda Radner three weeks before she died in 1989.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to play.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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When I was 12 or 13, I realised I was good, but I never knew how far I'd get.
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You know what they say? They say, 'The print media is dying' - who says that? Well, the media.
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The Hispanic culture is finding its way into the American culture. Places like Miami are going to be centers for that influence - places like Los Angeles and, certainly, cities in Texas.
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I have had to come to terms with the fact that I am hooked on Twitter. Not good.
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As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
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I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this.
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Empty values statements create cynical and dispirited employees, alienate customers, and undermine managerial credibility.
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My goal is definitely a gold medal still in Rio.
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I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer.
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I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.
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We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed.
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Amazon makes mistakes, including launching a smartphone in 2014 that was a flop and to which I gave a poor review.
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Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.
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It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment.
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First and foremost, I'm a running back. That's how I perceive myself.
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I was having these terrible back pains, and then one day in Switzerland, things got very bad. My wife Maryanna called the hotel doctor, but I don't remember any of this, I was out of it. I had an operation, and I was nearly lost.
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I really love the traditional aspects of Judaism. My wife is born and raised a Catholic and I enjoy celebrating those rituals as well. I am very spiritual but not in any way religious, no.
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When we spoke, Gene Wilder had just written a memoir called "Kiss Me Like A Stranger." The title was suggested by his late wife Gilda Radner three weeks before she died in 1989.
