Jodi Kantor Quotes
People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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I'm a passionate person, to a fault at times.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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People who are over-educated become risk-averse.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.
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We need to create a level regulatory playing field. It makes no sense for Internet giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter to be allowed to buy newspapers while a small AM radio station is prohibited from purchasing its local paper.
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My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.
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It would be nice to turn off that incessant churning of consciousness.
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Young people are choosing cities before the country - they have their own ranking.
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People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.
