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It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. He personified… — Ronald Reagan
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. — Tom Helm
The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for an entire lecture,… — Douglas Hofstadter
In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted… — Charles Caleb Colton
God is Love, we are taught as children to believe. But when we first begin to get some inkling of how He loves us, we… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Fitzgerald never got rid of anything; the ghosts of his adolescence, the failures of his youth, the doubts of his maturity plagued him to the… — John Aldridge
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a… — Josh Billings
I'm writing all the time. And as the songs begin to coalesce, I'm not doing anything else but writing. I wish I were one of… — Leonard Cohen
It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true,… — Paul Simon
Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third,… — David Miliband
Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims — Edmund Hillary
Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end. — Ben Jonson
The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it… — Paul Simon
I thought I was the only one who still enjoyed his record collection, but after reading 'How Records Got Their Groove Back,' I happily discovered… — Anthony Pilla
At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at… — Elmore Leonard
Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands of stories in… — David Massengill
I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you wait for the… — David Massengill
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies genius and magic. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have… — Rajeev Shukla
Most of the movies about the future show aliens descending from outer space determined to blow up the world, and somehow they always begin or… — Hillary Clinton

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