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Ronald Reagan on Making America Great Again

5m 55s

"How did I get over being poor? I got a job as a sports announcer and it led to everything else." - Ronald Reagan, as told to Bill Moyers on April 30, 1979.

Episodes

  • Johnny Cash on The Gospel: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Johnny Cash on The Gospel

    S1 E18 - 6m 1s

    "I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on." - Johnny Cash, 1996 Interview by Barney Hoskyns

  • Heath Ledger on Role Playing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Heath Ledger on Role Playing

    S1 E17 - 5m 23s

    "My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into" - Heath Ledger Interview by Christine Spines Fall 2005, Cassette Tape

  • Stan Getz on Wasted Years: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Stan Getz on Wasted Years

    S1 E16 - 5m 13s

    "I've done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?" - Stan Getz Interview by Joe Smith August 7, 1987, Los Angeles

  • Grace Kelly on JFK: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Grace Kelly on JFK

    S1 E15 - 4m 59s

    "He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you're wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President. However did you know?'" - Grace Kelly

  • Carol Burnett on Finding Home: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Carol Burnett on Finding Home

    S1 E14 - 4m 52s

    "When I looked in his eyes, he was there. He was home... I had a dad." - Carol Burnett Interview by Leonard Lopate August 19, 2003, WNYC Studios

  • Barry White on Making Love: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Barry White on Making Love

    S1 E13 - 5m 31s

    "When a man is making love, the last thing he thinks about is war." - Barry White Interview by Joe Smith April 3, 1987, Los Angeles

  • John Updike on Family Affairs: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    John Updike on Family Affairs

    S1 E12 - 4m 53s

    "There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say" - John Updike Interview by John Freeman Spring 2002

  • Tupac Shakur on Life and Death: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tupac Shakur on Life and Death

    S1 E11 - 5m 5s

    "If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur Interview by Benjamin Svetkey March 1994

  • Jerry Garcia on the Acid Tests: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jerry Garcia on the Acid Tests

    S1 E10 - 5m 45s

    "When we fell in with the Acid Tests we a started having the most fun we had ever had." - Jerry Garcia Interview by Joe Smith May 23, 1988

  • Kurt Cobain on Identity: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Kurt Cobain on Identity

    S1 E9 - 5m 27s

    "I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain Interview by Jon Savage July 22, 1993

  • Ray Charles on Singing True: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Ray Charles on Singing True

    S1 E8 - 5m 7s

    "If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine." - Ray Charles Interview by Joe Smith June 3, 1987. Cassette Tape

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