Ira Glass Quotes

Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.

Ira Glass

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TalentMeGiftUnfairSheRight

Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.

Jimmy Butler

JobUpSuitGoingWhoever

Donald Trump is about the rise of right-wing extremism, not only in this country, but in Europe.

Jill Stein

RiseCountryDonald TrumpEurope

Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.

Joan Cusack

MeInterestingFindKindMoreMean

I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I was really into the body and how it could go wrong. I wanted to dig up bodies from the graveyard.

Jennifer Egan

DoctorBodyWrongGoKindKid

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LoveFriendManLovedLongSay

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

Sun Tzu

LifeArtDeathWarSafetyRoad

My fans are my critics, and I respect their feedback and constructive criticism, but they should not try to own me. Don't they experiment with their looks, too? If they are my real fans, then they will accept me how I am.

Sonu Nigam

RespectI AmMeCriticismFeedback

I come from the corporate world, where everyone has a five-year plan, but performing arts doesn't work that way; you just kinda do the best job you can with the gig you've got.

Ronny Chieng

WorkBestJobWorldPlanYou

The reason I became a better player was because I came to Philly.

Michael Vick

BetterReasonBecausePlayerI Came

I would have played any character in an Alexander Payne movie.

Judy Greer

CharacterWouldMoviePlayedAny

My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.

Jay Samit

WorkBestJobI AmMindMe

There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well.

Antonin Scalia

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