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“There has been a good deal of comment — some of it quite outlandish — about what our postwar requirements might be in Iraq. Some of the higher end predictions we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post- Iraq, are wildly off the mark. It is hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army — hard to imagine.”

“It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.”

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Author:Joey Santiago

“From the gardener's point of view, November can be the worst month to be faced: Nature is winding things down, the air is cold, skies are gray, but usually the final mark of punctuation to the year as yet to arrive - the snow; snow that covers all in the garden and marks a mind-set for the end of a year's activity. There is little to do outside except to wait for longer days in the new year and the joys of coming holidays.”

Years Mind Littles Ends Joy Waiting Views Air Sky Worst Months Cold Activity Garden Mark Finals Point Of View Snow Holiday Gray New Year Gardener November Mind Set Punctuation Longer Days

Author:H. Peter Loewer

“Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily threatens you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more. Read more. Subdue self more. Love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor to grow in grace every year, that the end of your Christian course may be better than the beginning!”

Feels Years May War Ends Self Christian Spirit Fighting Courses Grows Christ Sin Walks Grace Praying Weight Mark Presses Lays Witness Endeavor Warfare Assurance Brethren

Author:J. C. Ryle

“How is the mind which functions on knowledge how is the brain which is recording all the time to end, to see the importance of recording and not let it move in any other direction? Very simply: you insult me, you hurt me, by word, gesture, by an actual act; that leaves a mark on the brain which is memory. That memory is knowledge, that knowledge is going to interfere in my meeting you next time obviously.”

Mind Ends Moving Next Hurt Memories Brain Function Importance Mark Meetings Insult Gestures Interfere Next Time Hurt Me You Hurt Me Simply You

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The aim of talk should be like the aim of a flying arrow -- to hit the mark; but to this end there must be a mark to hit, that is, there must be a listener.”

Should Ends Listening Mark Aim Flying Listeners Arrows

Book:all the year round

Source: all the year round

“In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night.”

Ends Lying Night Fool Shadow Mark Delight

Book:The Verse of Hilaire Belloc

Source: The Verse of Hilaire Belloc

“In products of the human mind, simplicity marks the end of a process of refining, while complexity marks a primitive stage. Michelangelo 's definition of art as the purgation of superfluities suggests that the creative effort consists largely in the elimination of that which complicates and confuses a pattern.”

Mind Humans Art Ends Process Effort Creative Stage Products Mark Simplicity Patterns Definitions Complexity Human Mind Primitive Elimination Refining

Author:Eric Hoffer

“If life were a novel, then dead would mark the end of the first chapter.”

Ifs Firsts Ends Novel Mark Chapters

Author:Kelly Nelson

“The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.”

Ends Lord Mark Encounters

Book:A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation

Source: A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation

“There are no accidents in Nature. Every motion of the constantly shifting bodies in the world is timed to the occasion for some definite, fore-ordered end. The flowers blossom in obedience to the same law that marks the course of constellations, and the song of a bird is the echo of a universal symphony. Nature is one, and to me the greatest delight of observation and study is to discover new unities in this all-embracing and eternal harmony.”

“An election marks the end of the affair; it puts paid to the seduction of the many by the few. Pretty words, fulsome promises. We wind up married, but to whom, to what? We cannot always predict with certainty the future leader from the winning candidate. Some men grow in the job; others are diminished by its demands and its grandeur.”

Men Ends Jobs Politics Winning Grows Leader Wind Promise Demand Married Mark Paid Election Affair Certainty Candidates Seduction Grandeur Future Leaders Pretty Words

Author:Anna Quindlen

“I am of course a skeptic about the divinity of Christ and a scorner of the notion that there is a God who cares about how we are or what we do. ... Religious skeptics often become very bitter towards the end, as did Mark Twain. ... I know why I will become bitter. I will finally realize that I have had it right all along: that I will not see God, that there is no heaven or Judgement Day.”

Knows Ends Care Religion Courses Heaven Christ Realizing Religious Mark Notion Bitter Judgement Divinity Who Cares Skeptic Judgement Day

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain.”

Ifs World Believe Heart Ends Turns Lost Hours Known Streets Food Crosses Mark Cooking Evening Vain Culinary Occupation Pauses Pulse Cocktails Strengthening Coma

Author:Bernard DeVoto

“June marked the end of spring on California's central coast and the beginning of five months of dormancy that often erupted in fire. Mustard's yellow robes had long since turned red, then brown. Fog and sun mixed to create haze. The land had rusted. The mountains, once blue-hued with young oaks and blooming ceanosis, were tan and gray. I walked across the fallen blossoms of five yucca plants: only the bare poles of their stems remained to mark where their lights had shone the way.”

Way Long Ends Light Young Nature Sun Fire Five Land Months Mountain Spring Red Mark Blue Plant California Fallen Brown Gray Yellow Stem Coast Fog June Oaks Robes Blooming Haze Mustard

Author:Gretel Ehrlich

“Suicide is the punctuation mark at the end of many artistic careers”

Ends Careers Mark Suicide Artistic Punctuation Punctuation Marks

Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

“Im not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.”

Different Ends Asks House Dark Fans Color Taste Offers Mark Bitter Preparation Meat Dry Chocolate Steak Juicy Dark Chocolate Grilling Bitter Taste Steak House

Author:Tom Colicchio

“The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.”

Book Ends Mark Great Things Question Mark

Author:Joanne Harris

“That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I had no doubt that I would end up with a mark somewhere.”

Thinking Real Ends Hard Might Doubt Mark Heavy No Doubt Cheeks

Book:Lucy: A Novel

Source: Lucy: A Novel

“At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if that were true the current president (George W. Bush) would hold as much esteem as Franklin Roosevelt in our country, and Nelson Mandela in his. That cannot be the case. Rather, we will each be judged by the mark we've left on others.”

Ifs Ends Country Left President Cases Our Lives Office Highest Mark Lifetime Currents Esteem Our Country Judged Franklin Nelson Public Office President George W Bush

Author:Elizabeth Edwards

“Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end.”

Firsts Wells Ends Running Courses Goal Half Mark Perseverance Clever Reaching Prize Flags Crowns Runners Encouraging Disgrace Persevere Rogues

Author:Plato

“It's pretentious to say, but my art is like a little Zen story, a story with a question mark at the end. People can take from it what they need. If somebody says, "Your art is very funny," I say, "You are totally right." If somebody says, "Your art is very sad," I say, "You are totally right." In Japan they say, "Your art is very Japanese, you even look Japanese.Your great-grandfather was most surely a Japanese man." And I say, "You are totally right."”

People Ifs Men Needs Looks Littles Art Ends Stories Art Is Mark Japan Grandfather Pretentious Very Sad Question Mark Great Grandfather

Author:Christian Boltanski

“I find it very invigorating having Ken Lonergan, who's an established, Pulitzer-nominated playwright doing Howards End, or Chris Hampton who's won an Oscar writing a TV series, or having an actor like Mark Rylance, who is probably England's leading theater actor, in the lead in Wolf Hall.”

Writing Ends Actors Tvs Mark England Theater Series Halls Oscars Playwright Lead In Tv Series Invigorating Howards End Hamptons

Author:Colin Callender

“Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both.”

Men Years Ends Together Animal Influence Mark Shelter Passed Away Buffalo

Book:The Great Plains

Source: The Great Plains

“I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.”

Ends Cities Leader Mark Nuclear Eras Representatives Participation Summit Bombing Anniversary Civil Society Abolition Hiroshima Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Author:Daisaku Ikeda

“I used to think I was like the wicket- keeper, which is like the catcher in base- ball, y'know what I mean? You can call the play a lot from behind the plate, y'know what I mean? You're not necessarily the star, you're not the one that makes the mark, but usually in the end, you're called upon to get a run when it's needed.”

Thinking Knows Mean Ends Play Running Used Stars Behinds Needed Balls Mark Plates Keepers Catchers

Author:Eric Idle

“Walden - all his books, indeed - are packed with subtle, conflicting, and very fruitful discoveries. They are not written to prove something in the end. They are written as the Indians turn down twigs to mark their path through the forest. He cuts his way through life as if no one had ever taken that road before, leaving these signs for those who come after, should they care to see which way he went.”

Ifs Way Should Book Ends Care Turns Path Taken Cutting Written Prove Discovery Mark Leaving Forests Subtle Twigs

Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918

Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918

“The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.”

World Believe Ends Belief Ignorance Masters Tragedy Mark Depth Injustice Butterfly End Of The World Reluctant Messiah Caterpillars Illusions Of Life

Author:Richard Bach

“A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career.”

Should Ends Play Action Process Results Careers Player Football Fine Decided Mark End Results Football Match

Author:Michel Patini

“Reverend Hale is so interesting because at first he's like, "Oh, she's got the mark." Then by the end he's like, "You're all crazy."”

Firsts Ends Interesting Crazy Like You Mark Hale Reverends

Author:Winona Ryder

“Well, the movie isn't bad. For a while, I even told myself I liked it, even as it missed one mark after another. But in the end, it's shapeless and blandly apolitical, apart from its watered-down feminism. You see, Fey's Kim Baker - changed from Barker - transforms herself from a neophyte reporter, condescended to by male war correspondents, soldiers and Afghan officials, into a hard-charging political animal who speaks the language fluently and parties as hard as men. That's about as edgy as a sitcom.”

“By selling directly to customers, real women, the brand is able to avoid significant retail mark-ups that typically exist in high end fashion.”

Real Ends Able Fashion Mark Customers Significant Selling Brands Retail Real Women

Author:Sarah Lafleur

“You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You may want to prove that you're worthy of high expectations. But I do think that there is a youthful ambition that very much has to do with making your mark in the world. And I think that cuts across the experiences of a lot of people who end up achieving something significant in their field.”

People Thinking World Want May Ends Kids Cutting Achieve Fields Prove Ambition Expectations Mark Worthy Neighbor Significant High Expectations

Author:Barack Obama

“The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.”

Doe Ends Matter Periods Mark Sentences Interpretation Biblical Punctuation Question Mark Punctuation Marks

Author:Elie Wiesel

“Inspiration can show up almost any time, though I have yet to see anyone scratching out melodic ideas on a restaurant napkin as legend would have us believe. I think inspiration comes from concentration, and early on I learned about Mark Twain's habit of leaving for his study after breakfast and not reappearing until the end of the day, ready to read to his family what he had just written. That set a good example for me, although I didn't copy his habit of taking twelve cigars along.”

“If the Americans do move the embassy to Jerusalem, and eventually the rest of the world follows suit, it will mark the end of Palestinian hopes for a two-state solution.”

Ifs World Two Ends States Moving Solutions Mark Suits Palestinian Jerusalem Embassy

Author:Lawrence Davidson

“In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.”

Firsts Ends Mark Franklin Artistry

Author:Jon Landau

“Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.”

Ifs Two Ends Bits Novel Pieces Mark Two Things What If Ifs And Question Mark

Author:James Rollins

“The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.”

Feels Ends Tragedy Mark Inspired Staying Partnership Continuing Spouse Tao Good Marriage

Author:Olivia Wilde

“Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be."”

Giving Ends Young Advice Offers Mark Sentences Interrogation Question Mark

Author:Woody Allen

“Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we've long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve of a tall black hat on its head, and realizing it was a question mark all along.”

Long Ends Black Realizing Wonder Taken Seeing Periods Mark Statements Granted Hats Tall Curves Taken For Granted Question Mark Black Hats

Book:My Story as Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark

Source: My Story as Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, from Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark

“There's a terrible stillness. I notice a small tear in the wallpaper above her shoulder. I notice finger marks grimed on the light switch. Somewhere down in the house, a door opens and shuts. As Zoey turns to face me, I realize that life is made up of a series of moments, each one a journey to the end.”

Made Ends Moments Light Faces Life Is Turns House Realizing Doors Journey Tears Terrible Mark Series Fingers Shoulders Stillness

Author:Jenny Downham

“'You hate America, don't you?' 'That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.'”

“Can it really be love if we don't talk that much, don't see each other? Isn't love something that happens between people who spend time together and know each other's faults and take care of each other?...In the end, I decide that the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love.”

People Ifs Knows Ends Happens Care Together Left Color Shapes Mark Faults Take Care Spend Time Time Together

Author:Sara Zarr

“He said cruelty was the devil's own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to, for the devil was a murderer from the beginning, and a tormentor to the end. On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark.”

People Ifs Knows Men Kind Said Ends Hands Might Pleasure Saws Devil Mark Trade Neighbor Cruelty Beast Mentor Murderer

Book:Black Beauty (Illustrated): Classic of World Literature

Source: Black Beauty (Illustrated): Classic of World Literature

“To experience commitment as the loss of options, a type of death, the death of childhood's limitless possibility, of the flattery of choice without duress-this will happen, mark me. Childhood's end.”

Ends Happens Choices Loss Childhood Possibility Type Commitment Mark Flattery Limitless Duress Limitless Possibilities

Author:David Foster Wallace

“According to one influential wing of modern secular society there are few more disreputable fates than to end up being 'like everyone else' for 'everyone else' is a category that comprises the mediocre and the conformist, the boring and the suburban. The goal of all right-thinking people should be to mark themselves off from the crowd and 'stand out' in whatever way their talents allow.”

People Thinking Way Should Ends Goal Fate Modern Talent Mark Wings Crowds Boring Categories Secular Mediocre Standing Out Influential Conformist Secular Society

Author:Alain de Botton

“Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.”

Knows Said Stills Ends Helping One Day Mark Blind Ministers Prime Bully Prime Minister Annoyed Charisma God Help God Help Us

Author:Patrick Ness

“I watched as she added a question mark at the end. Arc, line, space, dot.”

Ends Lines Space Mark Dots Arcs Question Mark

Book:The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Source: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

“In the end it was Shadowhunting they had bonded over—a shared love of sharp-edged weapons, gleaming seraph blades, the painful pleasure of burning Marks, the thought-numbing swiftness of battle. When Alec had wanted to go out hunting alone with Jace, leaving Izzy behind, Jace had spoken up for her: “We need her with us; she’s the best there is. Aside from me, of course.” She had loved him just for that.”

Needs Ends Wanted Courses Pleasure Behinds Battle Weapons Mark Leaving Painful Burning Hunting Jace Blades Numbing Swiftness

Book:City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls