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"A dead end street is a good place to turn around."

"A dead end street is a good place to turn around."

Naomi Judd, American Musician

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"It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end."

"It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end."

Anne Wilson Schaef, American Psychologist

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"I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world."

"I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

End, Eternity, Growing up, Nothing

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"The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong."

"The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

End, World, Wrong

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"Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them."

"Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them."

Thomas Browne, British Scientist

End, Evil, Hatred, Malice

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"If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon as we know it."

"If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon as we know it."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

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"I began by doing physical yoga, initially just for the workout, as exercise. I would get peaceful and calm at the end of it, and I was curious about that."

"I began by doing physical yoga, initially just for the workout, as exercise. I would get peaceful and calm at the end of it, and I was curious about that."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

End, Exercise, Yoga

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"The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan."

"The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan."

Nancy Cartwright, American Actress

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"The scandal happened and I made the best of it. I kind of feel like in the end it was a blessing."

"The scandal happened and I made the best of it. I kind of feel like in the end it was a blessing."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

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"It's definitely intense to walk away from at the end of each season."

"It's definitely intense to walk away from at the end of each season."

Lee Tergesen, American Actor

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"At the end of the film Val suggests there may be a way to rejoin the living, when he says, 'Let's see if we're able to live among the living, walk among the living.'"

"At the end of the film Val suggests there may be a way to rejoin the living, when he says, 'Let's see if we're able to live among the living, walk among the living.'"

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

End, Film, Living, May

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"In the end, everything is a gag."

"In the end, everything is a gag."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

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"Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out."

"Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out."

Robert Stack, American Actor

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"Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap."

"Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

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"My to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon."

"My to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon."

Craig Bruce, American Radio Host

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"Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy, what would I do in the event of the end of the world, and we just basically - me and Nick - said what would we do, where would we head?"

"Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy, what would I do in the event of the end of the world, and we just basically - me and Nick - said what would we do, where would we head?"

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

End, Fantasy, World

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"I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help."

"I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help."

Michael McKean, American Actor

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"There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."

"There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."

Karen Black, American Actress

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"At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there."

"At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

End, First, Lying

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"It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions."

"It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

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"The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one."

"The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

End, Will, Years

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"Parks said, he's guilty and that's the end of the story."

"Parks said, he's guilty and that's the end of the story."

Tommy Bond, American Actor

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"Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it."

"Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

36

"It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end."

"It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end."

Bessie Smith, American Musician

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"I like my stuff 'cause I only ever end up with tracks that I really, really like. It always appeals to me."

"I like my stuff 'cause I only ever end up with tracks that I really, really like. It always appeals to me."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

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"I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about."

"I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

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"If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling."

"If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling."

Olivia Wilde, American Actress

End, Feeling, Journey

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"About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It's in the manufacturing stages right now, and there are a lot of orders that we just got for it."

"About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It's in the manufacturing stages right now, and there are a lot of orders that we just got for it."

Dweezil Zappa, American Musician

End, Manufacturing, Now, Right

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"Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong."

"Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

End, Pretty, Will

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"One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb."

"One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb."

Marcel Pagnol, French Dramatist

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"There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle."

"There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle."

Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian Musician

35

"He's a guy's guy, so it pretty much became like the impressions - don't imitate Sean Connery's voice, and things like that. We were all kind of doing it towards the end of the film, anyway, and he was cool with it."

"He's a guy's guy, so it pretty much became like the impressions - don't imitate Sean Connery's voice, and things like that. We were all kind of doing it towards the end of the film, anyway, and he was cool with it."

Shane West, American Actor

End, Film, Pretty, Voice

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"When we play "Angel of Death", it's actually a 2 and half minutes sing 'til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end."

"When we play "Angel of Death", it's actually a 2 and half minutes sing 'til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end."

Kerry King, American Musician

End, Party, Play, Pretty

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"You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero."

"You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

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"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story."

Orson Welles, American Actor

End, Ending, Want

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"I live on a one-way street that's also a dead end. I'm not sure how I got there."

"I live on a one-way street that's also a dead end. I'm not sure how I got there."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"Nuclear arms is pretty scary because that could end the world. I'm more interested in that stuff than I am Bill Clinton. I mean, I think Bill Clinton is a good president."

"Nuclear arms is pretty scary because that could end the world. I'm more interested in that stuff than I am Bill Clinton. I mean, I think Bill Clinton is a good president."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

End, President, Pretty, World

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"I told my therapist I was having nightmares about nuclear explosions. He said don't worry it's not the end of the world."

"I told my therapist I was having nightmares about nuclear explosions. He said don't worry it's not the end of the world."

Jay London, American Comedian

End, World, Worry

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"When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair."

"When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

End, School, Teachers

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"I think $100 at the end of the year doesn't mean a lot to me, but $100 from everyone in the state at the end of the year could mean lots of programs that could be good for Hawaii."

"I think $100 at the end of the year doesn't mean a lot to me, but $100 from everyone in the state at the end of the year could mean lots of programs that could be good for Hawaii."

John Higgins, Scottish Celebrity

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"I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs."

"I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

End, Gay, Night, Want

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"It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly."

"It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly."

Joan of Arc, French Celebrity

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"In the end I'm the only one who knows me."

"In the end I'm the only one who knows me."

Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor

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"Things start out as hopes and end up as habits."

"Things start out as hopes and end up as habits."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

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"I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.'"

"I think if you ask any of us here, we all dreamed of ending up on Saturday Night Live. I remember thinking, 'I'll just keep doing this as long as I can get away with it.'"

Tina Fey, American Comedian

End, Ending, Night, Thinking

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"We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show."

"We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

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"Once you start, there is no end to who is to go in and who is to be left out."

"Once you start, there is no end to who is to go in and who is to be left out."

Geoffrey Fisher, British Clergyman

33

"It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project."

"It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project."

Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor

End, Ending, Project

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"I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working."

"I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working."

Amanda Bynes, American Actress

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"When West End Girls came out on import, I was a student at Liverpool University. I'd go to a club in Liverpool and it would come on, and I'd be really embarrassed."

"When West End Girls came out on import, I was a student at Liverpool University. I'd go to a club in Liverpool and it would come on, and I'd be really embarrassed."

Chris Lowe, English Musician

End, Girls, University

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