Ira Glass Quotes
Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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I remember reading 'The Hobbit' on a car trip from Ohio to Mississippi and getting out at a rest-stop in Mississippi and feeling jet-lagged at my return from Middle-earth.
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If you goin' to work, you gonna put my album on. If you happen to be makin' an hour-and-a-half drive, you gonna put my album on, because people spend more time in their car then they do in clubs.
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I tend to equate sadness with intelligence.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
