Ira Glass Quotes
I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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The ways in which readers encounter and relate to information is dramatically influenced by their education as well as their awareness of the pitfalls relating to the information source.
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The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.
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Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.
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Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it.
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It's hard to visualize the toys you had fifty years ago - all save bear. He's as clear as if he were sitting on the desk in front of you...of course...he probably is.
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I'm done with girls on rocks! I've painted them for thirteen years and I could paint them and sell them for thirteen more. That's the peril of the commercial art game. It tempts a man to repeat himself. it's an awful thing to get to be a rubber stamp. I'm quitting my rut now while I'm still able.
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I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.
