“When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh.The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke.Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally,dace breaks.Lots of dance breaks.” NeedsKindHas BeensThreeHoursHalfBreakStudyFiveWeekPaperFinalsPantsThree ThingsCokeTissuesCherriesTissue PaperFinals Week Author:Jenny Han
“The dignity we seek in dying is not to be found in our final weeks, days or moments but in the way we live and how we are seen by those people whose lives we affect.” PeopleWayMomentsFoundWeekDyingDignityFinalsFinals Week Author:Sherwin B. Nuland
“I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others, he responded, "I don't think you can be focused on, 'Oh gee, I want to make a difference.' It has to be spontaneous. If it's not...there's some kind of egotistical thing going on. That's a red flag. You hope you impact people on the deepest level you are capable of at the time. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. You're trying.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingKindSometimesHelpingDifferencesLevelsWeekDadFindingsCapableRedImpactFinalsMy DadFocusedHelping OthersVideoMaking A DifferenceFlagsSpontaneousEgotisticalRed FlagsBe SpontaneousFinals Week Author:Lisa Shannon
“March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.” BigsTurnsDealsWeekFansFoolMonthsBasketballMercyFinalsMonstersGentlemanMarchSheepGood FriendFinals Week Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green.” HeartPlayRealityTurnsFallGamesWeekTeamFansFieldsGreenFinalsDefeatSnowGloriousBrownSignalsChillInspirational TeamSproutsFinals Week Author:John Thorn
“Those final weeks, spanning end of summer and the beginning of another autumn, are blurred in memory, perhaps because our understanding of each other had reached that sweet depth where two people communicate more often in silence than in words: an affectionate quietness replaces the tensions, the unrelaxed chatter and chasing about that produce a friendship’s more showy, more, in the surface sense, dramatic moments.” PeopleTwoEndsMomentsUnderstandingMemoriesSilenceWeekProduceSweetSummerDepthFinalsCommunicateSurfaceDramaticTensionAutumnChasingAffectionateQuietnessChatterEnd Of SummerShowyFinals Week Author:Truman Capote
“We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That outstanding balance and those close races created a major surge in attendance in the last month of the season.” LastsRaceAliveWeekTeamPositionMonthsBalanceMajorsSeasonsFinalsOutstandingPlayoffsAttendanceFinals Week Author:Lamar Hunt
“All I could think of was we were about to start filming for the last final weeks of the TV show and here I am in the hospital, so I missed the final weeks, and a couple days later, sore stomach and all I got on the horse we started filming.” ThinkingShowsLastsWeekTvsCoupleHorseFinalsHospitalsStomachTv ShowsHospitalityHere I AmFinals Week Author:David Selby