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Ira Glass Quotes

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 3, 1959

Topics

Best Talent Writing Think Editing

A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again.' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

Character People Done Say Kind Way

Donald Trump is anathema to America.

America Donald Trump Trump Donald

There's nobody I look up to, really.

Look Nobody Up Really

We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore.

Fear Service Police Social Media

I love being in the gym and am training six days a week; I do a lot of high-intensity interval training so that my heart rate gets really high, and I practice, as I'm doing that, taking really deep breaths, and that really helps in a song and in a style of music where you have to sing long, flowing lines.

Love Music Heart Style Training You

My background with acting is deeply interwoven with my family life and my childhood. It's a 'Peter Pan'-like narrative, something that was golden but could also be a bit dubious.

Life Family Childhood Acting Golden

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party.

Tough Party Right Republican Over

The Lord has blessed me to play this game. I'm going to try to play it as long as I can. But at the same time, I want to be able to watch my kids grow up, so I've gotten to where I'm a little more mild, and I don't take golf as seriously as I did in the earlier years of my career.

Time Me Blessed Game Grow Golf

I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.

Great Think Interesting Something TV

Beautiful has never been my goal.

Beautiful Goal Never Been

In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting part.

Challenges Someone Done Would Almost

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched.

Smile Society Face Class Try Him

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