Michael Finkel
Related DAVID LEVITHAN For five years I didn't think it was possible to be this happy.TERRY MCMILLAN He asked me, 'Who are you?' I said, 'I don't know, can you please tell me who am I?' He had no answe... TANMAYA GURU THOMAS HARDY Answer this question very carefully, kid. Are you a virgin?"LILI ST. CROW Quoting from Thomas MertonSTEPHEN COPE ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE There was no question that he loved me, ... But he couldn't get the words out, 'I love you. Son, I r... GREG VAUGHN MONTY PYTHON I am almost speechless. It is hard for me to even put into words. I guess my respect I held for him ... JACK SWALLOW Do not attempt to silence me for I am no longer one of the voiceless! CRISTABEL MICHAELS We drive down the road in complete silence for a few miles listening to 50 Cent. As soon as he tells... CHAD KULTGEN Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old thingsLI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI Who am I to deny my Master pleasure, simply because it is not at the hands of myself? He is free to ... ASTRID KNOWLES In court he is 'yes sir,' 'no sir' and 'please.' He always had this look about him of 'Who me?' - as... JAMES POLK DIANE LANE He was a very strict father, which in a way has helped me to become who I am today. He never pampere... RAM CHARAN He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is th... GENE HILL SAMUEL BECKETT SHANNON L. ALDER I am a shark, Cassie," he says slowly, drawing the words out, as if he might be speaking to me for t... RICK YANCEY SWEDISH PROVERB He gave me an opportunity when everybody turned their back on me. He gave me a chance to come to sch... CARON BUTLER Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God. ARVO PART DON RICKLES DEAN KOONTZ emptiness is only a disguise for an intimacy of God's, that God's silence, the eerie stillness, is f... KARL RAHNER JESSICA SHIRVINGTON ELBERT HUBBARD The silence stretched out between us as I stared at him, the tears blurring my vision as I waited fo... KATHRYN MICHAELS He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk. CHARLES R. CROSS I asked if he knew who [Mississippi poet] Etheridge Knight was. He said no, and I told him until you... JUDY PEISER H. P. LOVECRAFT I am no longer minister of industry and commerce. I ask you to respect my silence because I am very ... JUAN CARLOS JENNY HAN Thank you,” I said, turning around a little so I could talk to him. “You’re a good friend.”<... MONICA ALEXANDER My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to... BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN DENIS VILLENEUVE MARK SPITZ You could not keep Michael down, ... He might be down and out for a little while, but if you gave hi... DANIEL HERBERT ALLY CONDIE SARAH DESSEN [Portuguese rookie Monteiro added to the mud-slinging by suggesting Montoya had only himself to blam... TIAGO MONTEIRO What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am... PHYLICIA RASHAD RICHELLE MEAD I can't say enough about D.J. [Hernandez]. He's the hardest worker. I love D.J. not only for how har... DAN ORLOVSKY There were many things he had to tell her, but what he really needed to say was simple. “I’ve mi... BONNIE DEE SUSAN EE I am because someone dreams me; a man who sleeps and dreams and sees me acting, living and moving �... GIOVANNI PAPINI I am really pleased I am just so proud that he did a lot better than me. That's what you want for th... HEATHER THOMAS CRAIG GROESCHEL JOHN DONNE OLIVER HERFORD WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS This was not an election, this was a farce, this was a scandal. Mubarak wants me to shut up. He does... AYMAN NOUR SAADI You have no idea of what you are doing to me,” he warned.AMANDA QUICK I really feel comfortable with coach Sampson and I just think he's the guy who is going to put India... ARMON BASSETT I am free only because my source, my one confidential source, wrote me a personal letter and called ... JUDITH MILLER JANE AUSTEN CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE He felt that the children brought him great pleasure. His daughter, who is a dancer and choreographe... CELIA JACOBOWITZ As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence... PAUL ROBESON JAMES BALDWIN TED WILLIAMS Imagine a very long time passing - and I find my way out, following someone who already knows how to... ELIZABETH KNOX I ache to hear her tell me she loves me, but forcing her to put words to how she feels pushes her fu... C.J. REDWINE He has embarrassed the government. By continuing as minister without portfolio he has earned himself... ARUN JAITLEY DANNY WILLIAMS He sold Dr. Simons one of his dove mirrors that he had made for his office and gave me a hug. Later ... KAY VAUGHAN EMILIE AUTUMN Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough whe... ARVO PART J.M. BARRIE I love a man who tickles me awake with reality, and kisses me goodnight with fictionYESENIA BARKLEY It's as if he can no longer acknowledge the love he felt or the pain I am in. I have been dismissed.... EMMA FORREST I did not speak. I have found in any Q&A, in court, in witness interviews, wherever, often the b... WILLIAM LANDAY I had a communication from a constituent named Dan Boggs. It was sent to me personally
He wrote i... FRED MARTIN I was trying to go up and he crunched me into a cradle and ran me over. He just overpowered me. JOSH ROBERTS KIERA CASS MADELINE MILLER DEYTH BANGER
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There was something about our silence that made me comfortable. He wasn't talking to me, but I didn'... 
Silent? ah, he is silent! He can keep silence well. That man's silence is wonderful to listen to. 
I have often remarked in the United States that it is not easy to make a man understand that his pre... 
Brian: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestl... 
He's much more of a veteran than I am in the genre, ... He encouraged me to trust my instincts and t... 
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A very unwise man once said, “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand... 
He who cannot keep silence cannot speak 
Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bone... 
After a silence, because he knew me well, he said, "Not all wounds are the bleeding kind. 
He pulled me closer. kneeling in front of me,he kissed me intensely and i felt right. Morning and ev... 
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. 
I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think t... 
I like the way he looks at me, like I am a wood nymph that he happened upon one day and just had to ... 
I was 'impressed' by Hugh Jackman for five seconds the first time I met him, but as soon as ... 
He gave me an opportunity to swim against the best swimmer of his day in the lane next to me, ... Do... 
Ky still looks at me and I wonder for a moment if he is going to ask me what I am thinking about. Bu... 
I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. 
I did it because he wasn't fair to you. Because you deserve credit for what you've done. Because he ... 
He glares at me as if he already hates it. “What is it?” I consider lying but what’s the point... 
He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. 
He that asks me what heaven is, means not to hear me, but to silence me; He knows I cannot tell him.... 
A man is known by the silence he keeps. 
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. 
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ig... 
If you will thank me," he replied, "let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness ... 
The night I met him [he] told me that, for some reason, life usually grants us what we are not looki... 
You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?"
I was in a terrible confusion. Sometimes I thought, but this is your life. Stop fighting it. Stop fi... 
he says. ''It was one of those ponds that are stocked with fish. He told me not to bring any live ba... 
My mouth is watering for this fight, I am hungry for it, ... He has been disrespectful to me but it'... 
Hey, look at me! Look at me! Look at me! And...look at me. Will he think I'm sexy enough? Will he fi... 
Again came that ringing crow, and Peter dropped in front of them. "Greeting, boys," he cried, and me... 
I was stunned into silence, the way I always was when he touched the sky places of my heart. 
I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.
Dean Koontz is good in the silence makes silence... then he just attacks!
I'm not used to seeing people's faces. There's too much information there. Aren't you aware of it? T... 
The uncertainty wore on him. The conditions in jail--the handcuffs, the noise, the filth, the crowdi... 
His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent s... 
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. 
I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There&... 
When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I se... 
Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel. 
Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straigh... 
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal. 
That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on! 
I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and... 
One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. 
Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyo... 
It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that ar... 
I don't want to be the flavor, the passing thing that the girls scream at. I think that it's... 
I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all ... 
It is no small thing for an American to be able to go into a fast-food restaurant and to buy a doubl... 
Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than... 
Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Net... 
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, esca... 
There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his... 
The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle... 
You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong. 
Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents. 
Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and mo... 
Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in o... 
War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want peo... 
Corn is a greedy crop, as farmers will tell you. 
The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown o... 
You use words like 'introvert' and 'extrovert,' various traits of a personality. A l... 
No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother. 
I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think the... 
The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to wor... 
The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional pow... 
With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time... 
Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around. 
You can't be elected president without passing though Iowa and bowing down before corn-based eth... 
I'm a career Air Force officer. We have a saying in the Air Force: 'If you want people to be... 
For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should ha... 
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us. 
I moved from Moscow to Rome with my family and two bicycles in 1998, and spent a lot of that year- a... 
I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon. 
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and pea... 
You have to build up to green smoothies. Everyone loves fruit smoothies: you can add a handful of ba... 
In my experience, people are usually fired for reasons having to do with budgetary constraints, inco... 
Some travelers collect souvenirs, postcards, or bumper stickers; I bring home a pencil from the vari... 
My brothers were tremendous shack builders. My shacks were horrible. My brothers once built a two-st... 
In order to have greater visibility of the larger cyber threat landscape, we must remove the governm... 
Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an ho... 
Popeye was right about spinach: dark green, leafy vegetables are the healthiest food on the planet. ... 
I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudo... 
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I prefer to take the view of businesspeople who are actually generating jobs and creating wealth. 
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Milk contains growth hormones designed by Mother Nature to put a few hundred pounds on a baby calf w... 
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Commerce has changed the ethics of citizenship and the incentives for national service. America now ... 
Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with ... 