Jill Abramson Quotes
The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.

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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I got married quite early. And then I had a son. I had a family. And this may be hard to believe, but I am a complete family kinda girl.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
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More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds bad - recognize the pattern of defamation.
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My joke is that three black people watch 'The Daily Show' at any given time. So if I'm watching it, that counts, and there's only two left. It's a silly joke, but you know, different types of comedy reach different cultures.
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I grew up in a neighbourhood where there was a lot of fighting. It's what boys did during school, during recess, after school. And I was a fairly large kid. So everyone wanted to see if they could take me on.
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That's the time that I enjoy: away from the cameras, away from the audience, the scenery of going out to eat and everybody's staring at me.
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The final sentence here is an expression of what became known as the Pragmatic maxim, first published in 'Illustrations of the Logic of Science' in Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 12 (January 1878), p. 286
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The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.