Ira Glass Quotes

I never realized before this the emotional power of some really simple, corny tropes: people with top hats, people with batons, confetti going off, how important it is to smile.

Ira Glass

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SmilePowerSimplePeopleImportant

I'm a forward, but I can't be the only forward at a club. Over the years, the clubs who've won titles have had several strikers.

Jermain Defoe

ForwardOverYearsClubTitlesOnly

Life outside of Earth is probably going to be really hard to find.

John M. Grunsfeld

LifeFindEarthOutsideHardGoing

I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.

Amanda Tapping

LoveCharacterActingSkinAlways

In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York Times' editorial page, or 'The Washington Post.'

Tucker Carlson

New YorkNewPageWashingtonPost

I've grown up in the public eye, and every decision I've made has always been so public and often inaccurately reported.

Martine McCutcheon

DecisionEyeAlwaysUpBeenMade

I got into the weights because I didn't want anybody messing with me. I wanted people to say, 'Oh, he's so big, I don't want to mess with him.' And second of all, I wanted to be great at football. I wanted to be the baddest dude around because I knew what it was like to not be.

Mike Daniels

GreatFootballPeopleMeSayWant

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.

Minnie Driver

MusicMyselfStartGuitarEnough

The wealthy are confident in their abilities to overcome bad situations - on the job, in their personal lives, with their finances. Many have triumphed over dismal financial starts. And, unlike most of the population that hops from job to job, career to career, the wealthy are much more likely to stick with what they start.

Jean Chatzky

JobStartFinancialConfidentBad

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

Joseph Wood Krutch

GodPeopleEnvironmentalSomething

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music.

Janis Ian

MusicSchoolListeningBlackThink

I haven't ever felt I've had to divide my 'actress' life from the rest of my life.

Bonnie Wright

LifeRestMy LifeDivideActress

Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.

Bob McDonnell

WithoutTerribleIdeaExpanding

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