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“At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds of characters and I'm known as someone who is well-respected for my approach to the craft, that would be a beautiful life.”

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Author:Adepero Oduye

“I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.”

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Author:Sanford I. Weill

“This is a good way to do it (saying goodbye to Victoria Park). What a perfect way to end the Millennium. The last football home and away match of the Millennium will be at Victoria Park, and in the new Millennium we'll have fantastic facilities, a new approach, a new attitude.”

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Author:Eddie McGuire

“The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple.”

World Ends Simple Approach Immortality Immortal Invites Marvelous Symphony

Author:Victor Hugo

“The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: God is in the dock. He is quite a kindly judge: if God should have a reasonable defense for being the god who permits war, poverty, and disease, he is ready to listen to it. The trial may even end in God's acquittal. But the important thing is that Man is on the bench and God is in the dock.”

“Most of my stuff is just a series of false leads. I'll approach a story as a subject and then make a whole bunch of different runs at the lead. They're all good writing but they don't connect. So I end up having to string leads together.”

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Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

“The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR Leavis's "eat up your broccoli" approach to fiction emphasises this junkfood/wholefood dichotomy.”

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Author:F. R. Leavis

“Purpose should determine approach. At the end of the day, it's what we do, not what we purposed to do, that defines our lives and reputations.”

Should Ends Purpose Our Lives Approach Determine Reputation The End Of The Day

Book:Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend

Source: Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend

“The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.”

Long Ends Approach Apocalypse

Book:Derrida and Negative Theology

Source: Derrida and Negative Theology

“Any seasoned deal maker will tell you that spontaneous negotiation's a bad strategy; the ad hoc approach will leave you ripped-off, busted, conned, stiffed, outsmarted and generally holding the shitty end of the stick.”

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Book:I, Lucifer

Source: I, Lucifer

“In the end, I've found, people like the direct approach. It's much more valuable to them to have a leader who's absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.”

People Ends Found Leader Clear Approach Direct Valuable Circles Soap Direct Approach

Book:HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports (featuring interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andre Agassi)

Source: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports (featuring interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andre Agassi)