- Impossible
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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
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't always made all of the right decisions from a career perspective, but things worked out in the end.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the truly great stand-ups say, 'I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work.' To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 2016 U.S. Senate race, I was on the receiving end of more than $3 million in outside negative attacks funded by the NRA, the second-most spent on any Senate campaign in the country.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to end unlimited, unaccountable money for all political parties by passing comprehensive campaign finance reform.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's important that you don't lie to yourself. If you lie to yourself, you end up with burnout.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the end, life is wonderful but nonetheless a series of trade offs, especially between business/professional endeavours and family/community.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poetry is not Irish or any other nationality; and when writers such as Messrs. Clarke, Farren and the late F. R. Higgins pursue Irishness as a poetic end, they are merely exploiting incidental local colour.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020