Ira Glass Quotes
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.Ira Glass
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Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife.
Dan Aykroyd -
If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
Jack Davenport -
I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
Haley Barbour -
I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
Iris Apfel -
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson -
My husband and I were married in May 2007 on a sprawling rent-a-ranch in the Texas Hill Country. On the drive from Houston, we'd stopped off for our marriage license in the former produce aisle of a Winn Dixie-turned-courthouse in San Marcos and from there drove off the grid.
Laura Moser
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
Jackie Chan -
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
Harold Pinter -
I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
Tao Lin -
The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
Dan Savage -
I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body.
Gabourey Sidibe
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People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.
Taylor Hanson Hanson -
The automatic bread maker is not as good as breads made by hand, but waking up to the smell of fresh bread is worth the price of admission. We use it for fresh cinnamon raisin toast - mmmmmmm!
Irma S. Rombauer -
When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
Madame de Stael -
It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
Zack Greinke -
I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
Dalai Lama -
I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women.
Felicity Jones
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I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
Rani Mukerji -
Anything negative that comes at me throughout the week, you just take it and put it in that box over there for motivation and use it on Sunday.
Calvin Johnson -
Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand.
Donna Tartt -
Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren Bennis -
What do wealthy people do with their money? They can only buy so many cars, houses, and steak dinners. So we either give it away or invest it.
Foster Friess -
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.
Ira Glass