Ann Friedman Quotes
I'm interested in pitches that have compelling people and ideas at the core - and a good news peg certainly doesn't hurt. We look for stories that are solutions-oriented, but not irrationally upbeat, from writers with a strong voice. For LadyJournos, where I'm curating not editing.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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I was an expert horseman.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I don't drink coffee.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
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Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.
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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
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A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.
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My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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I'm interested in pitches that have compelling people and ideas at the core - and a good news peg certainly doesn't hurt. We look for stories that are solutions-oriented, but not irrationally upbeat, from writers with a strong voice. For LadyJournos, where I'm curating not editing.
