- Nov 07, 2020
End Quotes
How things end - in war, in careers, in conscience.
This collection leans heavily historical, comparing a lost war to a chess endgame and recalling a family home destroyed during World War II. For quotes specifically about final outcomes and results, see End Result quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during the period when the British state was indicted for inhuman and degrading treatment in 1971-72, or even the guys who shot me, if you don't forgive them, you end up with unnecessary baggage.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not a bad problem to have because a lot of classic acts are known for one or two songs and in their show they basically hold those songs off until the end and you sit through an hour or so of lesser known material but in our case most of the songs are well known.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
But every job I've had I just end up writing tunes and skiving - so everything has been leading up to it, but I've never had any ambition of getting big.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been getting a bit of writing done, a bit of recording done and I just want to get out as much new music as I can before I end up spontaneously combusting.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and share experiences till the end of time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020