Jodi Kantor Quotes

The prospect that I could actually be a journalist triggered a 'Who do you think you are?' reaction in me. It was only in going to law school and being unhappy there that I realized that I really, really had to try it.

Jodi Kantor

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SchoolMeLawThinkUnhappyYou

In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally.

Jim Balsillie

AmericaNoiseBuyingCustomersStill

Below-target inflation increases the real value of debts owed by households and businesses and reduces the ability of central banks to respond to downturns.

Jerome Powell

ValueRealAbilityRespondInflation

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

John D. Rockefeller

FriendshipBusinessBetterThan

People will fight hard for something they want or something they don't want, that they don't believe a character would do.

Jennifer Konner

CharacterFightPeopleBelieveWant

Acting, I get to explore other people and other characters; with music, I get to express and explore myself.

Michael J. Willett

MusicMyselfPeopleActingExplore

Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that.

Rose Schneiderman

BeautyWomenMeYearYouLose

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or 'the people,' constitute the great majority of those affected.

Martin Van Creveld

GreatWarPeopleDesertMajority

The thing is, if you believe in the unconscious - and I do - there's room for all kinds of possibilities that I don't know how you prove one way or another.

Jasper Johns

BelievePossibilitiesYouKnowWay

When I saw 'Hamilton,' it changed my life. It's one of the most beautiful things I saw on stage.

Josh Segarra

LifeBeautifulMy LifeStageSaw

What makes climbing great for me, strangely enough, is this life-and-death aspect. It sounds trite to say, I know, but climbing isn't just another game. It isn't just another sport. It's life itself. Which is what makes it so compelling and also what makes it so impossible to justify when things go bad.

Jon Krakauer

LifeGreatMeGameImpossibleBad

When you make mistakes during routines, it's not easy getting through them.

Alicia Sacramone

MistakesEasyYouThroughMakeThem

Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.

Norman Mailer

LiveChildGivingCameraHandsLike

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