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Ira Glass Quotes

I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I would try to picture the people inside and what they did there.

Ira Glass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Drive Picture Remember Try

Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have ended up being eaten by leopards.

Robert Shea

Care Ancestors Years Up Being Hunt

Tank you veddy much.

Andy Kaufman

You Much Tank

'Shogun' was a mini-series, so even though it went on television, we filmed it like a movie.

John Rhys-Davies

Television Like Even Though Movie

If nothing else, the act of reaching a milestone often serves to reveal a superstar's true nature.

Stephen Rodrick

Nature True Nothing Act Reveal

I'm a serial renovator of apartments and old houses, so I'm in daily need of doorknobs, subway tiles, and 14-foot-tall pier mirrors.

Donald Baechler

Daily Mirrors Old Need Subway

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

Richard Thompson

People Amazing Some People Songs

I've always wanted to know what it's like to be the first to do something.

Kylie Bunbury

Know First Always Something Like

It's been hard for me to nail visual language and personal style because I like so many different things.

Kelela

Style Me Language Personal Hard

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films.

Gus Van Sant

Early Try Dramatic Started Painter

Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.

Frederick Sanger

Father Medicine Better Career Goal

The U.K. courts were very clear that Abu Qatada posed a threat to our national security - that's why we were pleased as a government to be able to remove him from the United Kingdom.

Theresa May

Government Security Why Him Kingdom

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

Raymond Hull

Will Everyone Suit Away Who Soon