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Susan Estrich Quotes

Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.

Susan Estrich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 16, 1952

Topics

People Impossible Frustration Better

I grew up with 'The Denver Post' and the 'Golden Transcript.' There was never a moment that I thought I'd work at the 'New York Times.' My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.

John Branch

Work Moment New York Thought Goal

I'm not trying to be an inspiration, but I'm flattered to be considered one.

Amy Purdy

Trying Inspiration Considered

I'm a Bieber fan, man! That kid is ill!

Travis Scott

Man Kid Fan Ill

Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.

Roman Coppola

Writing You Sometimes Difficult Just

It's not a deliberate thing. It's not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It's just that when you spend a lot of time in your formative years around an accent, you're going to pick it up. I had been living in LA for a bit and that's what happened.

Joss Stone

Time You Said Living Years Up

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

Chris Lilley

Think Surprises Entertaining I Think

My favorite hobby is matchmaking. It's a lot easier to do it in movies then in real life because in real life, people don't do what I tell them to do.

Susanne Bier

Life People Hobby Movies Real Tell

Being someone who had had a very difficult childhood, a very difficult adolescence - it had to do with not quite poverty, but close. It had to do with being brought up in a family where no one spoke English, no one could read or write English. It had to do with death and disease and lots of other things. I was a little prone to depression.

Sherwin B. Nuland

Family Depression Childhood Death Up

People are just so insensitive because they're ignorant; they don't understand, so they're scared of what they're ignorant of.

Nikki Glaser

People Understand Ignorant Scared

I've always felt like the reason I became an actor is because I look for more high drama than what I had at home.

Marin Hinkle

Home Look Drama Actor More High

I want to empower.

Kelela

Want Empower

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

James Lee Burke

Home Time Day You Never Write