- Nov 07, 2020
Abruptly Quotes
Some endings arrive without any warning.
These quotes each describe something ending or shifting abruptly — a musical closing early, a policy reversing course, a character's fate changing without notice. It shares ground with Building quotes, since most of these describe something built up before it was cut short.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.
- Ending
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm upset that 'Dastaan' is ending. After working so hard, to see it end abruptly is painful.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
After spending the 1980s building up Saddam's Iraq as a counterweight to Iran, U.S. policy abruptly reversed course with his invasion of Kuwait and has since tried to cut him down to size. The policy is called 'containment,' but the question is, containment of what?
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maids in India have egos. Big egos. They do not like being spoken to curtly, and they do not like to be abruptly instructed by a woman they do not know. They come with the feeling that they already know everything. So while training them to do things your way, speak gently, and when they do it right, appreciate it.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing a Broadway musical called 'Smile' with Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch in 1984/5 when it abruptly closed. Howard was in the middle of pre-production for 'The Little Mermaid,' so he kindly invited all the girls in our cast to audition for the film.
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest may erupt. Well, I agree, we cannot abruptly depart, but Iraq needs to step up to the plate on 30 June.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020