Ira Glass Quotes
If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.
Quotes to Explore
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.
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If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.
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You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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I've been asked to do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and I do get asked to do all sorts of things like that - but I don't want to put my career on hold. I'd have to take three weeks off to do something like that. Maybe it's something I'd think about after it's all ended.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.'
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Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get.
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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.
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If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.
