Michael Finkel Quotes
I am guaranteeing you that if you see my byline on a story, it's going to be the cleanest story you've ever read.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew that he wrote his own music, and he seemed nice, so I found out he was going to be in a practice room, practicing his trumpet. He'd already said he was too busy to hang out or hear any new people or work on any music, so I stalked him.
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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
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I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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I have too many ideas for a lifetime.
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I love how Vietnamese cuisine always tastes like flowers, and how they had the ingenious idea of pairing that floral flavor with seafood: such a combination shouldn't work as well as it does.
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The biggest compliment I get is when someone tells me, 'You're so real.' Even if my journey isn't exactly like theirs.
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Privilege, if you're very strict, is an immoral and unjust thing to have, but if you've got it you didn't choose to get it and you might as well use it. You're privileged to be at Yale, but you know you're under an obligation to repay what's been put into you.
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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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I am guaranteeing you that if you see my byline on a story, it's going to be the cleanest story you've ever read.
