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 Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm on the internet, I'll get this, like, which of these ad experiences would you prefer? And I'll have a… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I think there's always an expectation when you're a first generation, especially a first-generation Nigerian, of sort of being a doctor or… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take . — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in, who's booked the guests, who's decided to have Lena Dunham and to have the mothers of sons who… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
So the Great Santini was how he liked being referred to by his children. He would line up his seven children, and… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
It bothers me when people, say, you know, write for, you know, a web publication and get paid little or nothing or,… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I mean, Dad was one of these people who simply could not lose, you know? He could not stand it when a… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I have to match wits with the ads. Like, there's pop-ups that, like, move around and you have to chase them like… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I don't think my father noticed that he had daughters. I think, you know, part of the damage of the childhood was,… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
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… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist. — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
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… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Dad mistook - for some reason unbeknownst to me - he mistook his family for a platoon of Marines. I mean, he - the… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I was thinking about comedy and how comedy in many ways opens us up to ideas and really being influenced by Richard Pryor and… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
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… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into my adult… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
