62 Quotes by Jill Abramson

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    Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don't have Internet access.

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    I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.

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    I have to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don't mind.

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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 the beginning of the relationship. Now, we use the computer, phones, letters, airlines - everything.

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    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 sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.

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    You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.

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    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 a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

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