Katharine Graham Quotes

My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.

Katharine Graham

Katharine Graham

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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.

C. V. Raman
- Work
- Light
- Sky
The Florida Jewish community is incredibly important in the primary and will be that important in the general election as well.

Ted Deutch
- Important
- Community
- Will
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

Camille Paglia
- Up
- Mother
- Man
I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.

Ozwald Boateng
Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.

Malcolm Gladwell
- Important
- Long
- Done
I was very, very little - it was the first time I ever cooked on my own, with my mother's supervision - and I made scrambled eggs. I felt so accomplished, like magic!

Gail Simmons
- Time
- Mother
- Magic