Finally Quotes

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Historically, philanthropy has been something that you do when you turn 65, and you are retired, and you have spent your life accumulating your financial… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my… — Dominique Dawes
I am a legal immigrant whose parents went from Russia to China to Chile to finally reach the United States and thereby give me a… — Mike Medavoy
From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided… — Emmeline Pankhurst
We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then… — Saint Bernard
It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write. — Natasha Trethewey
When Mary arrived, I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my… — Diana Quick
Wonder was the grace of the country. Any action could be justified by that: the wonder it was rooted in. Period followed period, and finally… — George W. S. Trow
One night, I lay awake for hours, just terrified. When the dawn finally came up - the comfortable blue sky, the familiar world returning -… — Alice Oswald
The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright… — F. Sionil Jose
I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean… — Rosecrans Baldwin
Once the travel guide came out and won an award, once I got an MFA in creative writing, once I sold my next novel, I… — James Bernard Frost
From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it. — Rain
I wanted to get into films, and my parents were against it. I convinced my mom, and finally she convinced my dad. My dad then… — Vijay
I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us,… — Alice Walker
I always dreamt that I would marry in the Piazza Del Campo in Siena and go on my honeymoon down the Amazon, up the Nile,… — Jasmine Guinness
I spent 10 years working on a math Ph.D., and I finally got kind of good at it. — Jerry McNerney
I think the strength of the Catholic church is that when it does finally identify a problem, it works to resolve it. — Donald Wuerl
I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the… — Trudi Canavan
For days after the launch, Sputnik was a wonderful curiosity. A man-made moon visible by ordinary citizens, it inspired awe and pride that humans had… — David Hoffman

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