Finals Quotes - Page 2

• In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Las Vegas, Stupidity, Fear And Loathing

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

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• I went through a divorce right as we were starting the show. My divorce became final right after we started shooting the first year, and during that time I was in such a low place.

  Lee Tergesen

  Divorce, Years, Starting Over

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• I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

  Ralph Bakshi

  Cutting, Victory, Lord

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• The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it is the normal and final authority.

  Julius Wellhausen

  Matter, Normal, Authority

  Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.8, Cambridge University Press

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• Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score.

  Frank Leahy

  Nfl, Giving, Score

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• Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it.

  Devon Sawa

  Teenager, Done, Destination

  "“Slackers”: Devon Sawa Interview". Hollywood Interview, www.hollywood.com. February 1, 2002.

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• I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

  Robin Yount

  Sports, Dream, Balls

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• The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable.

  Trevor Nunn

  Ghouls, Decision, Directors

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• The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

  Norman Mailer

  Art, People, Purpose

  1959 'Hip, Hell, and The Navigator', in Western Review, no.23, Winter.

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• Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people.

  Anne Tyler

  Thinking, People, Literature

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• Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

  Michel Patini

  Regret, Team, Winning

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• Success in never final; failure is never fatal

  Conrad Hilton

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• The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches.

  Michel Patini

  Team, Competition, Championship

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• There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there.

  Mark Messier

  Sports, Hockey, Years

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• My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.

  Just Fontaine

  Goal, Cups, Records

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• I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

  Maya Angelou

  Positive, Sweet, Believe

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.

  Ann Coulter

  Florida, Literature, Demand

  "Coulter: Liberals are evil" by Bobby Eagle, www.freerepublic.com. April 6, 2006.

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• The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

  Alan Hansen

  Stars, Winning, Boys

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• All formal dogmatic religions are fallacious and must never be accepted by self-respecting persons as final.

  Hypatia

  Women, Self, Religion

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• I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production.

  Guy Laliberte

  Air, Giving, Looks

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• As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Agriculture, Goal, Democracy

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• A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Birthday, Age, Armenia

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

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• Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

  Ed McMahon

  Honesty, Army, Important

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• The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Moving On, Wisdom, Achievement

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2010). “The Irony of American History”, p.63, University of Chicago Press

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• Success is never final, but failure can be.

  Bill Parcells

  Positive, Success, Sports

  Bill Parcells, Nunyo Demasio (2014). “Parcells: A Football Life”, p.23, Crown Archetype

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