- Nov 07, 2020
Ending Quotes
How things wrap up matters as much as how they start.
One line describes how hard it is to narrate a tale whose grim outcome the viewer can already guess, while another insists on still expecting a happy conclusion despite setbacks. Related reflections continue in our Closure collection.
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- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still number one, so don't forget about that. So I still can have a happy ending.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.
- American Public
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
- Contemplating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel very proud in what we've created in the 'Spiderwick' stories. And, frankly, I am glad we are ending the series on a high-note.
- Discrimination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Defeating malaria is absolutely critical to ending poverty, improving the health of millions, and enabling future generations to reach their full potential.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save open spaces, encourage wiser land use, and contribute greatly to ending suburban sprawl.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that I got kicked out, but Slash and Axl stopped working together.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020