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Michael Hastings has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of…
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A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it ……
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The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite…
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Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising,
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When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.
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Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this…
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I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance…
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It was either write or die for me.
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I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.
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I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.
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I was very fortunate to have fallen in love with an amazing woman. She was killed in a very horrible, horrific way…
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As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa and Central…
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I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance…
— Michael Hastings
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