“In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.” PeopleShouldMayEndsHurtPoorCitiesRiskConcernedDaily LifeInner CityClout Author:Fred Thompson
“As far as I'm concerned, I'm a writer who's writing books, and therefore, I don't want to die. You'd miss the end of the book, wouldn't you? You can't die with an unfinished book.” WantWritingBookEndsDiesMissingConcernedWriting A BookUnfinishedWanting To Die Author:Terry Pratchett
“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything that is not concerned with the subject. If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.” IfsShouldFirstsHas BeensEndsStoriesUsedLyingMy OwnWrittenSubjectsWallGunConcernedCrossesChaptersHanging On Author:Anton Chekhov
“Every building you come out of, there is a parasite there exercising his constitutional right to make money out of being a parasite, trying to take your photo. Frankly, folks, I go to work, I do my job. I really concentrate, and if you go to the cinema, pay your money and have a good time. That's the end of it, as far as I'm concerned.” IfsTryingEndsJobsPayBuildingExerciseConcernedFolksMaking MoneyCinemaGood TimesHaving A Good TimeParasites Author:Russell Crowe
“There seems to be no end to the senseless wickedness done on this little planet in a minor solar system, and we puny mortals appear to be decreasing in importance so far as the universe is concerned.” LittlesEndsDoneSeemsUniversePlanetsConcernedImportanceMortalsMinorsWickednessSolar System Book:My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor Source: My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
“To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes.” IdeasEndsLyingProcessGoalSkillsIntellectualConcernedOvercomingPietyEfficacyZealotBeginnings And Ends Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I'm hopeful, but very, very concerned.” EndsConcernedBurningFuelHopefulCoalFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Bill Nye
“I was a loser, most concerned with making a living. It took me 30 years to understand... I had to reinvent a system, find a way out, and set some rules that could work for me and a few others. I guess in the end that's what we all are trying to do.” WayTryingYearsEndsFailureConcernedLoserMaking A Living Author:Maurizio Cattelan