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Often real life is boring and problematic. I love the edited version of it.

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Terry Gross
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 14
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I love the edited version of it.
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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.
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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.
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It bothers me when people, say, you know, write for, you know, a web publication and get paid little or nothing or, you know, expecting to, like, read the best newspapers in the world and not pay a cent for it. Those newspapers need money in order to operate.
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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.
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Gene Wilder made his movie debut in Bonnie And Clyde, starred in the Mel Brooks films The Producers, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, played opposite Richard Pryor in Silver Streak and Stir Crazy and portrayed the candy-maker in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.
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[Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.
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I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.
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Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take .
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I really believe people should be paid for the work that they do.
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I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm interviewing somebody, I'm getting a combination of fact and truth and self-mythology and self-delusion and selective memory and faulty memory.
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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.
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I mean, Dad's - you know, Dad's friendliest tone was a scream.
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The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.
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