11 Michael Finkel Quotes for You to Enjoy

Michael Finkel

American Journalist

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Extraordinary things happen in solitude. Michael Finkel

Solitude Extraordinary Extraordinary Things Happen Things Things Happen

My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been. Michael Finkel

Me Gaza Had Well Been Afghanistan Places Mechanism Served

America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances. Michael Finkel

America Land Might Second Second Chances Third Chances

In my writing, I try to combine all my favorite elements of journalism - accuracy, real characters that exist on this planet - with all my favorite elements of literature: a sense of flow, of propulsion, of wanting to read every sentence. Michael Finkel

Writing Try Sense Every Favorite Characters Journalism Combine Read Real Real Characters Exist Accuracy Wanting Literature Sentence Planet Elements Flow

Not to get too maudlin, but I think all mistakes are tests for one's mettle. Michael Finkel

Mistakes Think Too Tests Maudlin Get

I committed pretty much the worst thing you can do, which is defraud the readers. Michael Finkel

You Worst Worst Thing Pretty Readers Committed Which Much Thing

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. Michael Finkel

You See Cleanest Read Am Going Story Ever Guaranteeing

I firmly believe that if we all just took a little time - like 10 or 15 minutes a day - to do nothing but sit calmly with our thoughts, this world would be a much better place. Michael Finkel

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

Lying Between Difference Being Straight

I tend to be a fairly spirited person, but I've never hated anyone more than I hated Christian Longo after his trial, when I realized his guilt and that I had been partially duped. Michael Finkel

Guilt Christian Trial Hated Spirited More Tend Never Had Fairly Been His Than Duped Person Anyone After Realized

I think that it's human nature to categorize and label things. That's generally the way that the medical and psychological professions work. You look at elements of what you have, and you are able to categorize it, and then you can cure it. That's generally what works. Michael Finkel

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