Ira Glass Quotes
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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I like things simple.
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If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.
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Comedy's really about not being afraid to look terrible, look ugly, look silly, make fun of yourself. And that's something that women are just not socialized to do. But more women are doing it, and more women have examples of women doing it brilliantly.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.
