Jill Lepore Quotes

An ordinary life used to look something like this: born into a growing family, you help rear your siblings, have the first of your own half-dozen or even dozen children soon after you're grown, and die before your youngest has left home.

Jill Lepore

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Investment bubbles and high animal spirits do not materialize out of thin air. They need extremely favorable economic fundamentals together with free and easy, cheap credit, and they need it for at least two or three years. Importantly, they also need serial pleasant surprises in such critical variables as global GNP growth.

Jeremy Grantham

GrowthTogetherAnimalFreeCredit

I would like to get back to making people laugh. Before drama school, I did nothing but comedy.

Andrew Buchan

SchoolPeopleLaughComedyBackGet

Specifically, in Canada, the First Nations are often overlooked in pop culture or in general, and when things are reported about our First Nations, it's often negative things - about the hardships they face and what-not.

Jeff Lemire

CultureNegativeFaceHardshipsPop

For me, fashion is all about comfort. I know people say such cliche things all the time, but at the end of the day, you should wear what looks good on you.

Amruta Khanvilkar

GoodTimeDayPeopleMeFashion

I would like to do theatre because it scares me, and I think you should do things that scare you.

Rob James-Collier

MeTheatreThinkYouThingsBecause

I love my children very much.

Montel Williams

LoveChildrenMuchVeryI Love

There's no law against asking strangers about their lives and feelings, although sometimes it really feels like there is.

Miranda July

LawStrangersFeelingsSometimes

The ambition and focus that propel you to success can also be your downfall.

Judy Smith

SuccessFocusAmbitionYouDownfall

I remember my mom being very scared the first few auditions. My parents are very supportive, but they're also very realistic, which is great.

Julia Garner

GreatParentsMomRememberFirst

I value multi-layered artwork that warrants a second glance, so I try my best to achieve that with my own work. If something is solely pretty or solely disgusting, you look at it once and get the gist and move on. If it's a mix of both, it's potentially more interesting.

Lisa Hanawalt

WorkBestValueInterestingLook

I think that people have short memories, and I think that they believe that our forbearers in the past were these Founding Fathers who were ideal and who were - would never have stooped to dirty tricks.

Joseph Cummins

MemoriesPastPeopleBelieveThink

The G7 doesn't have a permanent secretariat. The OECD can help the G8 and set the agenda for them. The secretary general of the OECD should be going to them proactively and discussing issues and priorities.

Jose Angel Gurria

PrioritiesHelpPermanentGoingSet

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