- 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
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.
- Nov 07, 2020
Now I take the summer off, relax, and I know that at the end of July we're gonna start another season.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Divorce is not the end of the world. It's worse to stay in an unhealthy marriage. That's a worse example for the children.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.
- Health Insurance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is critical that we pass legislation to dramatically reform our health insurance system, and this reform should include a genuine public option, universal coverage, an end to insurance policy rescissions, and no restrictions against covering people with pre-existing conditions.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead of start with the rapture like the first one did.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is worth noting that 'too big to fail' is not simply about size. A big institution is 'too big' when there is an expectation that government will do whatever it takes to rescue that institution from failure, thus bestowing an effective risk premium subsidy. Reforms to end 'too big to fail' must address the causes of this expectation.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was easy to get wrapped up in some of the negative stuff, but obviously I chose not to. I didn't want to get in trouble and end up in prison where I can't play football. It was as simple as that.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the political stamp of approval.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cersei is a character who's done unspeakable things, and yet we also know that she's a mother who's lost her children - that she's been pushed to the end of her tether.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
An Isaac Mizrahi fashion-show ticket signed by Steven Meisel. I rushed up to Meisel at the end of the show and asked him to autograph the card that had his name and seating assignment on it. It was an incredible moment when he shot the autumn/winter 2014 Moschino campaign.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be right. I try not to miss the big ideas, forget the little ones, and try to get them right. End of job description.
- Curl
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- Nov 07, 2020