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Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades of exile to finish him off.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Away Built Decades Die Exile Father Finish Four Had He Him His Home Life Losing Off Right Right Away Took Wealth

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I was an engineering student and spent a lot of time in the library, and no one applauds when you finish your calculations.

~Andre Braugher

Topics: Calculations Engineering Finish Library Lot Spent Student Time You Your

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To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

~Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Topics: Confront Corruption Criminals Finish Hope Need No Hope

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I spend a lot of time working by myself developing songs, but I really need some other counterpart to help me pull it all together, because you go nuts working if I had to finish an entire project all within my own head.

~Andrew Bird

Topics: Because Developing Entire Finish Go Had Head Help Lot Me My Own Myself Need Nuts Other Own Project Pull Really Some Songs Spend Time Together Within Working You

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I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.

~Andrew Greeley

Topics: Characters Doing Easily Finish Just Me Novel Over Particularly Put Say Take Tell Then Third Way Write I Write

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It was nice to finish up Stanford. I think I always felt that I would be there for four years and graduate, and definitely didn't want to leave early. A degree was definitely a plus, and I was having a lot of fun in school. But after football, you know, I don't know. I really did enjoy studying architecture; it was a blast.

~Andrew Luck

Topics: After Always Architecture Blast Definitely Degree Did Early Enjoy Felt Finish Football Four Fun Graduate Having Know Leave Lot Nice Plus Really School Stanford Studying Think Up Want Would Years You I Think

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Really, what you should tell a novelist is, 'Keep going until you finish the draft. Don't show it to anyone.'

~Andrew Sean Greer

Topics: Anyone Draft Finish Going Keep Keep Going Novelist Really Should Show Tell Until You

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If you look up every last detail on your subject, you'll never finish.

~Andy Weir

Topics: Detail Every Finish Last Look Never Subject Up You Your

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It's a very good thing to teach kids to finish what they started in the sense of fulfilling their commitments. So when my daughter told me on the second track meet that she was done with it because she discovered she didn't like competing, I made her finish the season.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Because Commitments Competing Daughter Discovered Done Finish Fulfilling Good Good Thing Her Kids Like Made Me Meet Season Second Sense She Started Teach Thing Track Very

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I think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to finish things... they also need to learn to respect you. You as an individual, ultimately, are the captain of where you're going.

~Angela Duckworth

Topics: Also Captain Finish Force Going Important Individual Learn Message Need Needed Occasionally Parents Practice Remind Respect Send Things Think Ultimately Very Where While You I Think

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