High standards Quote by Katharine Graham

“Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.”

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Whatever power I exert is collegial.

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Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

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