- Education
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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
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient sun worshippers believed the sun died at the end of the winter solstice and then three days later it would be reborn at the start of its cycle - December 25.
- Permanent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Middle Eastern wars rarely end with outright victory and permanent stability, so the word 'settlement' may promise too much. At best, for many years, it may simply mean stable ceasefire lines, reduced bloodshed, fewer refugees, and less terrorism.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one's going to hold your hand in the boxing business. And the people who do end up ripping you off.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money talks at the end of the day.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I wonder most about the Anthropocene is not when did it start - but when, and how, will it end? Will it end? Or is it possible that our own growing awareness of our role on Earth can itself play a pivotal role in shaping the outcome toward one that we would desire?
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, what I try to bring to villainous characters is a sense of humanity.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watched the night unfold from beginning to end on my own here in my flat in Budapest where I've been working for the last six months, and when it was announced that Barack Obama was indeed president-elect, I wept.
- Nov 07, 2020
One of the nice things about 'The New Yorker' is they let you write stories that sometimes end up almost half a book.
- Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, none of us are doing an impression of the guys we are playing; we are just trying to create the essence of what they do for a living and go through with their families.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most games end up with quite caricature scripts because they are just here to serve the game-play mechanics but not to trigger any emotional response.
- Education Reform
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- Nov 07, 2020