Jill Abramson Quotes
I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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You create your own material to try to get it out there because a lot of people are multi-hyphenates, to use the corporate term. You're creating stuff to be in in order to showcase all your talents. I think the idea of using YouTube and the Internet, you don't have to wait around for a network to buy your show.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.
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I never watched Friends, maybe because it was written by people straight out of college....The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young.
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Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.
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What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.
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Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country.
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I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.
