Ira Glass Quotes

Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?

Ira Glass

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As an owner, you have a choice. Do you want to adopt a vision that you think is real sharp and real cutting edge and could get you from good to great - has a chance - or do you want to just say the organization is not about that, and we're not going to try to adopt a new coaching philosophy and vision.

Jeffrey Lurie

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I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.

Andy Serkis

LeadershipThinkKeyOpenSuccessful

Our minds work in real time, which begins at the Big Bang and will end, if there is a Big Crunch - which seems unlikely, now, from the latest data showing accelerating expansion. Consciousness would come to an end at a singularity.

Stephen Hawking

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We need to digitize from the inside of our business, but at the same time, finding the best solutions will require our industry to partner with companies across a wide range of industries.

Soren Skou

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Mozart's seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That's what I've found working on 'The Magic Flute.'

Simon McBurney

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In the present epoch of struggle between two worlds the two opposing and antagonistic trends penetrating the foundations of nearly all branches of biology are particularly sharply defined.

Trofim Lysenko

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I think in any industry, it is competitive. There are a certain number of slots out there and opportunities out there. So you need to make sure that you're always on the top of your toes, trying to get better.

Dominique Dawes

OpportunitiesThinkBetterYouTop

I don't think I ever consciously separated 'school' books from any others; I just read anything that came across my path.

Diana Gabaldon

PathSchoolThinkOthersAnything

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric.

Dick Wolf

YouProfessionalRhetoricWhyGet

Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

Dee Dee Myers

PeopleProblemsPointPresidency

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

Bob Woodward

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You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend.

Penelope Wilton

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