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If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you read it quite quickly, your… — Margaret Atwood
My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish. — John James Audubon
All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish… — Christian Bale
Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves. — Russell Banks
I start a picture and I finish it. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. — Thomas Beecham
My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I… — Ray Bradbury
Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend… — Jeff Bridges
When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose.… — Geraldine Brooks
I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up. — Kobe Bryant
I've just finished my 20th book this past year and I'm working on my 21st book about the Middle East right now that I'll finish… — Jimmy Carter
I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away,… — Johnny Cash
When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass… — Anton Chekhov
A calm environment is for after I finish work. — Lee Child
It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just… — Ted Allen
My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a… — George Clooney
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If… — Jean Cocteau
I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch. — Diablo Cody
As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish. — Eric Alterman
Paul never developed a negative attitude. He picked his bloody body up out of the dirt and went back into the city where he had… — John Hagee

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