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.
Quotes to Explore
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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 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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As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort.
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I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
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It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.
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Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we'd hear the whistle and we'd all come running. Like dogs!
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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.
