- Me
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- 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
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
The situation in Iraq was dire at the end of 2006, when President George W. Bush decided to implement the surge and selected me to command it. Indeed, when I returned to Baghdad in early February 2007, I found the conditions there to be even worse than I had expected.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.
- In The End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the know-nothing. I'm curious, I try to be entertaining, I try to translate the techno jargon, but in the end I'm the audience's representative.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The growth of a company like ours tends to be a relatively steady because, like some of the other successful mixed signal companies, we have a wide range of products servicing a wide range of end applications.
- Chips
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe we've got the skill base and the techniques to supply the chips that really enable the end manufacturers to develop exciting, innovative products themselves.
- Technology
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the top end I do think it's time we have goal-line technology, I'm not mad on other technology but certainly goal-line technology.
- Nov 07, 2020
Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wars never simply end, not for those in combat and not for the culture, and one way or another, they shape-shift from generation to generation.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone asked me, 'How long do you intend to do 'Deadwood'?' And part of my sociopathology, I say, 'Well, when does my contract run out?' And I realize my contract ran out at the end of four seasons.
- Contribution
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary.
- Different Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020