Michael Finkel Quotes

There's a difference between lying and not being straight.

Michael Finkel

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LyingDifferenceBeingStraight

Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.

John Berger

TravelPeopleHorizonSeeingOthers

I'm a Broadway baby! So, therefore, I started in the theater.

Jennifer Holliday

BabyBroadwayStartedTheater

I can't sing.

Jenny Eclair

Sing

I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting.

Matthew Rhys

LifeIdentityActingCrisisWhy

I want to support other women because of the opportunities I've had - and I've had a lot of opportunities. What I try as a female director is to do the best job I can and, in the meantime, bring attention to as many other female directors and writers as I can.

Angelina Jolie

WomenBestJobSupportOpportunities

I'm sort of a strange bird.

Ann Bancroft

BirdStrangeSort

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

Amy Lee

LoveMusicWayAlwaysGoneRule

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

John Pomfret

DoingJournalismJustStanfordHad

I haven't heard from Bobby since May when we had our conversation, but then this thing broke last week, where they arrested him, and we were watching what was going on on the whole deal, and I was actually flabbergasted, at what the then police chief Parks was saying.

Tommy Bond

PoliceSayingWeekConversationHim

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

Tommy Lee Jones

FightAnywhereAnybodyAnytime

Right before the Bush inauguration, many women were greatly reassured when Laura said of Roe v. Wade on the 'Today' show, 'No, I don't think it should be overturned.' Three days later, her husband reimposed the 'global gag rule' on groups abroad that receive U.S. funding for family planning.

Molly Ivins

FamilyWomenTodayHusbandThink

People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.

Mitt Romney

WorkPeopleNegativePoliticalLong

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