Chrissie Brodigan » quotes http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com Don't Let the Blonde Hair Fool You Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:18:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Obama: On Not Getting Caught Up in the Silliness of the World Around You http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/2009/10/obama-on-not-getting-caught-up-in-the-silliness-of-the-world-around-you/ http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/2009/10/obama-on-not-getting-caught-up-in-the-silliness-of-the-world-around-you/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:24:43 +0000 Chrissie Brodigan http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/?p=114 The First Marriage

“What I value most about my marriage is that it is separate and apart from a lot of the silliness of Washington, and Michelle is not part of that silliness . . . .

. . . The centrality of the Obama marriage to the president’s political brand opens a new chapter in the debate that has run through, even helped define, their union. Since he first began running for office in 1995, Barack and Michelle Obama have never really stopped struggling over how to combine politics and marriage: how to navigate the long absences, lack of privacy, ossified gender roles and generally stultifying rules that result when public opinion comes to bear on private relationships.

]]> http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/2009/10/obama-on-not-getting-caught-up-in-the-silliness-of-the-world-around-you/feed/ 0 Ira Glass On Sucking At What You Love Doing http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/2009/10/ira-glass-on-sucking-at-what-you-love-doing/ http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/2009/10/ira-glass-on-sucking-at-what-you-love-doing/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:58:24 +0000 Chrissie Brodigan http://blog.chrissiebrodigan.com/?p=109 I’ve been a fan of Ira Glass for a few years now, but recently a friend shared this clip of Glass talking about his career. He literally shares a clip of himself 8 years into working for NPR absolutely “sucking” at storytelling. It takes time, patience, and a lot of do-overs to deliver awesome.

Ira Glass on Sucking at Doing What You Love

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