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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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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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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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.
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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've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I'm not a salsa singer who wants to sing in English, and I'm not this American kid who wants to sing Spanish.
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We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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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.
