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Katherine Boo Quotes

But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world Picture Quote #1
The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of polyurethane bags Picture Quote #1
One thing that was very clear to me is that the young people in a place like Annawadi aren’t tripping on caste the way their parents are. They know their parents have these old views Picture Quote #1
When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that’s not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure Picture Quote #1
People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won’t get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce Picture Quote #1
... much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said Picture Quote #1
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.. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens Picture Quote #1
A decent life was the train that hadn’t hit you, the slumlord you hadn’t offended, the malaria you hadn’t caught Picture Quote #1
In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down Picture Quote #1
People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won’t get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce Picture Quote #1
We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves Picture Quote #1
A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn’t strike me that way at all Picture Quote #1
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When I’m engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I’m not doing anything, if you sit me down, I can get tied up in my own medical dramas. So I much prefer to work Picture Quote #1
I think it’s this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences Picture Quote #1
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But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world  (Katherine Boo Quotes) The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of polyurethane bags  (Katherine Boo Quotes) One thing that was very clear to me is that the young people in a place like Annawadi aren’t tripping on caste the way their parents are. They know their parents have these old views  (Katherine Boo Quotes) When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that’s not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure.  (Katherine Boo Quotes) People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won’t get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.  (Katherine Boo Quotes) ... much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said  (Katherine Boo Quotes) .. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens  (Katherine Boo Quotes) A decent life was the train that hadn’t hit you, the slumlord you hadn’t offended, the malaria you hadn’t caught  (Katherine Boo Quotes) In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down  (Katherine Boo Quotes) People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won’t get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce  (Katherine Boo Quotes) We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves  (Katherine Boo Quotes) A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn’t strike me that way at all  (Katherine Boo Quotes) When I’m engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I’m not doing anything, if you sit me down, I can get tied up in my own medical dramas. So I much prefer to work  (Katherine Boo Quotes) I think it’s this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences  (Katherine Boo Quotes)