Jill Abramson Quotes

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• When we first started, we would message all the time, ... He would log on, and mostly we would just message back and forth at…
• You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of,
• If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.
• What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.
• The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on…
• You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.
• In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
• Women are damn resilient.
• We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant,
• Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues.…
• I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.
• I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.
• As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.
• The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.
• Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the…
• I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.
• People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing…
• With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was…
• I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.
• Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

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