"Someone said to me that we have to encourage more young women to want top-level editing jobs. I think that will happen naturally as we have more role models, more examples of boss ladies who aren't sad and cruel and overworked and undersexed like in DevilWearsPrada, but who are straight-up owning it and notable not for their gender but for their editorial savvy."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Ann Friedman

#Jobs Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Editing Quotes

“I really enjoy my philanthropic work, traveling around the world and helping people in need. That's a lot of fun for me. It's really rewarding. You're helping people, but it's helping you. It puts life in perspective.”

Source : "Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald talks playoff hopes, trade rumors, more in Q&A". Interview with Tom Pelissero, www.usatoday.com. July 10, 2014.
“The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.”

Source : Daniel Defoe (1836). “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe”, p.338
“Every rep that you take off, somebody else gets another look. That's just how I am. It's not a matter of being paranoid, it's a matter of being confident and not taking anything for granted.”
“[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.”
“Identity is invariably false to facts.”
“......And she's courageous but scared to death But that's what courage means”

Source : Song: Earthless
“I attract a crowd, not because I'm an extrovert or I'm over the top or I'm oozing with charisma. It's because I care.”
“Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad news, I try to say a prayer for the victims. When I am troubled, I will say a prayer that asks for relief for myself and for all those who suffer as I do. When I am concerned about my relatives or friends I say a short prayer to myself - "May they be happy and free of suffering."”

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