"I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist."

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Jessica Savitch

#Peers Quotes #Literature Quotes #Serious Quotes

“observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory.”
“I don't know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.”
“The national characteristics... the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in a place with which the ordinary tourist can get in touch just by sitting quite quietly over a glass of wine in a Paris bistro.”
“Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.”
“When I think of my past life, and the bitter trials I have endured, I can scarcely believe I live, and yet I do; and, with the help of Him who notes the sparrowâ€™s fall, I mean to fight for my down-trodden race while life lasts.”

Source : Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1883). “Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims”, p.6, University of Nevada Press
“I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.”
“People are infinitely more interesting than characters that I come up with. Because the characters I come up with are basically combinations of people I've met. Combinations. You select certain details, that's all.”
“What matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do.”

Source : An "oft-repeated credo" according to the "Windsor Star", December 3, 1973.

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