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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."

  Terry Gross

  Crazy, Opposites, Chocolate

  Source: keranews.org

• When we spoke, Gene Wilder had just written a memoir called "Kiss Me Like A Stranger." The title was suggested by his late wife Gilda Radner three weeks before she died in 1989.

  Terry Gross

  Kissing, Wife, Titles

  Source: keranews.org

• 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 choice of, like, a car, a pharmaceutical item or, you know, clothing. And I'm thinking, like, I don't want any of these. Do I have to choose?

  Terry Gross

  Thinking, Car, Choices

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air", wmra.org. October 17, 2016.

• There's so much kind of bureaucracy involved with the whole concept of net neutrality and like technical stuff.

  Terry Gross

  Neutrality, Stuff, Kind

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air", www.wmra.org. October 17, 2016.

• 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

  Google, Search Engine, Stills

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, listen.sdpb.org. October 17, 2016.

• 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

  People, Pay, Helping

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, listen.sdpb.org. October 17, 2016.

• 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.

  Terry Gross

  Writing, Order, People

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, ksmu.org. October 17, 2016.

• 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

  Reading, Looks, Pages

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, wmra.org. October 17, 2016.

• I have to match wits with the ads. Like, there's pop-ups that, like, move around and you have to chase them like it was a video game or something. And then there's ads where, like, you know, the X to, like, close the ad screen is so kind of small that you can't find it and you have to actually go looking for it. And so I spend all my energy - instead of, like, absorbing what the advertiser wants to communicate to me, I spend my energy trying to figure out how to defeat the ad.

  Terry Gross

  Moving, Games, Trying

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, ketr.org. October 17, 2016.

• I really believe people should be paid for the work that they do.

  Terry Gross

  Believe, People, Should

  "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, ijpr.org. October 17, 2016.

• [Hillary Clinton] is hinted a little bit about what his[Bill Clinton] role might be, but just a little bit.

  Terry Gross

  Roles, Littles, Might

  Source: www.npr.org

• Hillary [Clinton] has been very guarded with the press.

  Terry Gross

  Clinton, Guarded, Has Beens

  Source: www.npr.org

• 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

  Men, White, Two

  Source: www.npr.org

• Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take .

  Terry Gross

  Hair, Criticism, Sometimes

  Source: www.npr.org

• 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

  Home, People, Campaigns

  Source: www.npr.org

• 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

  Husband, Infidelity, Narrative

  Source: www.npr.org

• Based on the number that they found, The New York Times reported that Hillary [Clinton] had basically clinched the primary 'cause you added the superdelegates to the number of delegates you'd already gotten. But this was on the eve of the California and New Jersey primary.

  Terry Gross

  New York, California, Numbers

  Source: www.npr.org

• One of the things Donald Trump has criticized Hillary [Clinton] for is discrediting women who said they'd had affairs or been sexually harassed by her husband.

  Terry Gross

  Husband, Affair, Clinton

  Source: www.npr.org

• 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 were shot - sons and daughters who were shot by the police and, you know, the other performers, Paul Simon and Alicia Keys.

  Terry Gross

  Daughter, Mother, Son

  "Covering Hillary Clinton, A Candidate 'Forged In The Crucible' Of Conflict". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 27, 2016.

• It's been reported - in fact, The New York Times has reported that intelligence agencies have told the White House that they now have, quote, "high confidence" that the Russian government was behind the hack.

  Terry Gross

  New York, White, Agency

  "Covering Hillary Clinton, A Candidate 'Forged In The Crucible' Of Conflict". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 27, 2016.

• 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

  People, Interesting, My Best Friend

  Source: www.npr.org

• [Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.

  Terry Gross

  President, Spotlight, Want

  Source: www.npr.org

• It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary Clinton], how he courted her, how he bought a house to convince her, I think after the third proposal, to actually marry him. And he talked about her activism and her commitment and everything. And it was as if he could tell the narrative in a way that she couldn't.

  Terry Gross

  Commitment, Thinking, Night

  "Covering Hillary Clinton, A Candidate 'Forged In The Crucible' Of Conflict". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 27, 2016.

• 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

  Campaigns, Narrative, Biographies

  "Covering Hillary Clinton, A Candidate 'Forged In The Crucible' Of Conflict". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 27, 2016.

• So when the book came out, my mother stunned us all by leaving my father. I think three months before the book came out, she left my father the day he retired from the Marine Corps. They had a parade and march, and she came home and left.

  Terry Gross

  Mother, Father, Book