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Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.
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Terry Gross
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 14
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When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page next to the article. You can look at it or not. You can turn the page when you're ready. On the internet, the ads - many of the ads - just are so controlling. They insist that you see them.
Terry Gross
Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.
Terry Gross
I don't think my father noticed that he had daughters. I think, you know, part of the damage of the childhood was, I simply don't think they were acknowledged as human beings at all. Or - you know, one of the reasons I became a cook later on in my life was, I was not allowed to cook an egg.
Terry Gross
There should be a revenue stream that helps pay for the publication or for the work and helps pay the people who do it.
Terry Gross
I really believe people should be paid for the work that they do.
Terry Gross
I'm wondering if the Roger Ailes scandal in which more than 20 women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment is going to affect that narrative that's directed against Hillary [Clinton] and her husband pertaining to his infidelities.
Terry Gross
I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's a great chance you'll beat your wife. And if you were beaten as a child, there's a terrific chance you're going to be a child-beater.
Terry Gross
That era in the late '80s through the '90s was really when the music was so new, fresh, energetic, but still creative. It hadn't quite gotten corporatized yet.
Terry Gross
We grew up as this family of deniers. And people who knew us for years were stunned when The Great Santini came out because we had this appearance of being this happy, large, smiling family. We were taught to smile, put the best face forward. And so when the book ended up - Dad swatting us around the room, no one believed me.
Terry Gross
When I hear a politician speak biographically, I never know what's part of the campaign biography narrative that's been carefully crafted.
Terry Gross
I love the edited version of it.
Terry Gross
Often real life is boring and problematic. I love the edited version of it.
Terry Gross
The [Bernie] Sanders campaign said you might be suppressing the vote by doing this 'cause people in those states might decide to stay home, that their vote doesn't count.
Terry Gross
So if Hillary [Clinton] is elected president, it will make history in two ways. She'll be the first woman president. And Bill Clinton, he'll be the first man and the first former president to return to the White House in the capacity of spouse.
Terry Gross
I mean, Dad was one of these people who simply could not lose, you know? He could not stand it when a kid was beating him. He would go crazy when the child came to that moment, which, you know, you have to come to - I mean, Dad played Old Maids like he played football. He just simply had to win every single thing every single time.
Terry Gross
I thought it was interesting when [Bill Clinton] said, I married my best friend, because people are always asking, what is the nature of their marriage.
Terry Gross
Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? A lot of money.
Terry Gross
[Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.
Terry Gross
Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take .
Terry Gross
What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.
Terry Gross
