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Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile… — Red Adair
I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said… — Eric Bana
I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie… — Eric Bana
By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to… — Eric Bana
In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd… — Adele
A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is an attempt to… — John Berger
A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work… — John Berger
To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious… — Sarah Bernhardt
I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on… — Bill Brandt
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. — Edmund Burke
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. — Italo Calvino
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection… — Thomas Carlyle
I don't want my kids to grow up with no father like I did. I came to the conclusion a while ago that you can… — Benjamin Carson
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
A laborer no longer makes whole articles. He receives raw materials, puts his touch on them, and passes them to another worker in the series.… — John Bates Clark
You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I… — Maya Angelou
[Fritz Haber's] greatness lies in his scientific ideas and in the depth of his searching. The thought, the plan, and the process are more important… — Richard Willstatter
A story contained in the family lore of Brigham Young's descendants illustrates the submissive nature of humility. It recounts that in a public meeting the… — Truman G. Madsen

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