"I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'"

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Words carry weight, and Jill Abramson's insight into literature is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About Jill Abramson

Jill Ellen Abramson is an American author, journalist, and academic. She is best known as the former executive editor of The New York Times; Abramson held that position from September 2011 to May 2014. She was the first female executive editor in the paper's 160-year history. Abramson joined the New York Times in 1997, working as the Washington bureau chief and managing editor before being named as executive editor. She previously worked for The Wall Street Journal as an investigative reporter and a deputy bureau chief.

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"I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas."

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"I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web."

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"I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did."

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"People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all."

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"If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father?"

— Isaac of Nineveh
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"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."

— Alexis de Tocqueville
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"I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend's acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just taught myself that way."

— Britt Daniel
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"In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word 'frustration'."

— Alan Perlis
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