Ira Glass Quotes

People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change.

Ira Glass

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ChangePeopleWorldPictureDoing

The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

Jim Rogers

YouPriceGoWillNeverCompany

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

FearBeliefConstantAssertion

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

Angelina Jolie

LifePositiveMotherYouArtistWay

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Jean-Paul Sartre

DayDawnOne DayOverStartingLeft

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

Jeanine Pirro

FreedomHistoryResponsibilityWant

The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't seem to justify the efforts we make each day.

Robert Adams

LifeExperienceDayPuzzleYouBox

I did a 'Love Boat!' And based on my trip on the 'Love Boat,' I said, 'I'd just as soon not do 'Fantasy Island.'

Tom Hanks

LoveBoatSaidIslandFantasyJust

I didn't ask to be short. I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter.

Mickey Rooney

ShortWantMatterAskPretendGuy

Look, we're in the time of the anti-hero.

Dean Norris

TimeLook

I have watched people around members of the royal family for a long time now, and something very strange happens to them. They turn into sycophants.

Penny Junor

FamilyTimePeopleLongLong Time

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

Norman Lear

LeadershipNationDollars

I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful place; it looks over the Hudson River. I can see 30 miles into New Jersey. My landlord would like me to die because the rent is very low. I'm trying to outlive him. He can get a lot more if I disappear.

Mark Margolis

RiverMeDieTryingDownI Can

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