Jill Abramson Quotes
I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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As artists, we're always going to like the songs we just now made over the songs we made a year ago.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I actually have a weird tendency to say things to people that they were just about to say. I always freak my best friend out with that. So I might have a bit of psychic power.
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I think it's great fun sometimes when I am playing golf, just to give it a little uch, is to bet the other guy five bucks a hole or something like that.
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Most women I know love the idea of fashion, but the practicalities that go with it are just distressing.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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I wouldn't say that I relax and enjoy anything. But I think my pessimism helps. I never really expect anything good to happen, so when it does, it's a nice surprise.
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I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.
