Jill Abramson Quotes
You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.
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The nature and the DNA of IMAX has been redefined in the past years to shoot these huge blockbusters. But I think that it's not the sole purpose of IMAX to capture cars exploding in your face.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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I like that conventions want me to appear and festivals want me to come speak because they like the climate I attract. It's a good feeling.
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I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.
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I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.
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Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive only, which is to destroy - to destroy your chance of arising above yourself.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. Worry upsets our whole system; work keeps it in health and order.
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The American people demand results, not rhetoric, especially when it comes to national security issues.
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I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.
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I am not a dog lover. A dog lover to me means a dog that is in love with another dog.
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I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.
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It is urgent to shift from a traditional, authoritative, rote educational approach to a project-based and experiential approach. Specific hard skills are fundamental, but is even more important that students 'learn how to learn' and focus on crucial soft skills such as flexibility and the ability to adapt to change.
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Yanukovych has changed everything in Ukrainian jails - real criminals have been released, while representatives of the middle class and politically rebellious free-minded people have filled the prisons.
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You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.
