Welcome to CORE 10, an off-the-cuff interview series with prominent CORE figures. Read on to learn more about this week’s guest, broker Maggie Kent!
- Who is the living person you most admire? Gloria Steinem.
- Who is the most interesting New Yorker you know? Gloria Steinem.
- What is your earliest New York memory? Gustav Mahler performing at Lincoln Center.
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received? “Don’t take any wooden nickels.”
- What do you consider your greatest achievement so far? One would certainly be immigrating to New York City, which changed my life.
- What are your three most treasured possessions? My dog, though I don’t think of her as a possession, my home and an heirloom from my mother.
- Name a movie, book or work of art that changed your life. Viva Las Vegas, the movie. Insert long story.
- What’s your greatest extravagance? Foreign travel. And then there’s my favorite frozen yogurt, pretty much every day.
- What’s your secret talent? Whistling.
- Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “I’ve gotta go. Can you take the dog out?”