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  • Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

    Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”
  • I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don't read them later.

    "Toni Morrison Knows All About the 'Little Drop of Poison' in Your Childhood". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. April 21, 2015.
  • The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.

    Friendship   Work   Voice  
    Radio address on his 90th birthday, 8 Mar. 1931
  • Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

    Jobs   School   College  
  • You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen.

    Football   Mean   Player  
    "Robert Griffin III Prepares For NFL Draft, Talks Peyton Manning From Super Bowl 2012". Interview with Chris Greenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 02, 2012.
  • Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.

    Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company
  • You've sort of made up for it tonight,' said Harry. 'Getting the sword. Finishing off the Horcux. Saving my life.' 'That makes me sound a lot cooler than I was,' Ron mumbled. 'Stuff like that always sounds cooler than it really was,' said Harry. 'I've been trying to tell you that for years.' Simultaneously they walked forwards and hugged, Harry gripping the still sopping back of Ron's jacket.

    Years   Trying   Sound  
  • Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing.

  • I'm finishing my Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance history.

  • Perhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses.

  • I tend to work towards specific exhibitions, so there will often be a big push towards the end when we're finishing off a bunch of stuff.

    The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.
  • The moment people talk of "implementing" instead of "doing," and of "finalizing" instead of "finishing," the organization is already running a fever.

    Peter F. Drucker (2011). “Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New”, p.94, Transaction Publishers
  • Life is not about winning the race. Life is about finishing the race.

  • Tailor's work--the finishing of men's outside garments--was the "trade" learned most frequently by women in [the 1820s and 1830s],and one or more of my older sisters worked at it; I think it must have been at home, for I somehow or somewhere got the idea, while I was a small child, that the chief end of woman was to make clothing for mankind.

    Children   Home   Men  
  • While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.

    Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell
  • How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed.

  • I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

  • During one performance of 'Les Miserables,' the barricade didn't leave the stage, so we had to actually end up finishing the second act with the barricades on the stage, which was very strange... doing the love scene on the barricade.

  • Your goal is simple: Finish. Experience your first race, don't race it. Your first race should be slightly longer or slightly faster than your normal run. Run your first race. Later you can race. You will be a hero just for finishing, so don't put pressure on yourself by announcing a time goal. Look at it this way: The slower you run the distance, the easier it will be to show off by improving your time the next race!

    Running   Distance   Hero  
  • A Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omlette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he tends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That's why it's such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the weeekend. A very serious thing indeed.

    Horse   Coffee   Beer  
  • Oh, and one more thing: If I try something that I've never done before, something that's particularly difficult for me, and it doesn't work out, that doesn't make it a failure. The fact that I actually succeeded in finishing it makes it a huge success. Think of all the people who never even try.

  • Sometimes you need to live with a painting for a while. Starting a painting can be easy, but finishing it... that's the skill of the painter, how you finally know when it's done.

    Interview with Michel Auder, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2009.
  • I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!

  • ...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it.

    Dad   Home   School  
    Jeannette Walls (2009). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
  • And then when she takes him through the whole wine tasting process, finishing with a long, languid taste that she really enjoyed “she opened her eyes and saw Nick staring at her. “I feel like I need a cigarette and a shower after watching that.

    Wine   Eye   Long  
  • I always say one of my favorite things about making movies is finishing on that last day because I get to have my life back and let that go, and hopefully have a real sense of accomplishment at the end of it.

    FaceBook post by Mark Wahlberg from Mar 30, 2015
  • Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa," intoned Opal, finishing her chant. "Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.

    Eoin Colfer (2014). “Artemis Fowl:”, p.459, Penguin UK
  • Persistence is important in every endeavor. Whether it's finishing your homework, completing school, working late to finish a project, or "finishing the drill" in sports, winners persist to the point of sacrifice in order to achieve their goals.

  • When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.

    Art   Flower   Men  
  • Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

    Peace   Work   Ubuntu  
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