Ira Glass Quotes
A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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Of course I get hurt.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.
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I can paint in jail.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I got married quite early. And then I had a son. I had a family. And this may be hard to believe, but I am a complete family kinda girl.
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I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
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As the class struggle sharpens in the U.S. Marxism will come into its own as a great popular study.
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I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.
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Our love for our Father in Heaven and the Lord Jesus Christ needs to be reflected in our daily choices and actions. They have promised peace, joy, and happiness to those who keep Their commandments.
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I've lived through what seems to most - and myself - many lives.
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Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts
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A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.
