“I had invited 50 or 60 peers and friends, most of whom were parents, to see the film [Trust], and I asked about the last scene. It was interesting because it was split right down the middle, 50/50. About half the audience wanted it to end with the very emotional scene between Clive and Liana, and that feeling of realization and catharsis. And, the other half were adamant about keeping that last scene.” EndsFeelingsWantedLastsFilmParentInterestingHalfAudienceMiddleEmotionalSceneRealizationSplitsPeersInvitedOther HalfCatharsisAdamant Author:David Schwimmer
“The man who knows God but does not know his own misery, becomes proud. The man who knows his own misery but does not know God, ends in despair...the knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course because in him we find both God and our own misery. Jesus Christ is therefore a God whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.” KnowsMenDoeEndsCoursesJesusChristMiddleHe ManPrideProudDespairApproachJesus ChristMiseryHumbleKnowing God Author:Blaise Pascal
“'Pulp Fiction' blew my mind; beforehand, I'd watch films and there was a beginning, middle and an end, and that's it. There is in that film, too, but it's out of sequence.” MindEndsFilmFictionWatchesMiddleSequencePulp Author:Noel Clarke
“Had today's technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages - and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose risks, and none would have passed the "absolute safety" test the zealots demand. Putting them in charge now would mean an end to progress, and perpetual deprivation for inhabitants of developing nations.” HumansMeanEndsAgeTodayNationsFireProgressRiskMiddleCenturyDemandTestsAbsolutesSafetyEnvironmentalDevelopingWheelsActivistPerpetualFarmingMiddle AgesDeprivationHuman ProgressZealotOrganic Farming Author:Paul Driessen
“At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.” WantEndsHouseInterestMiddleNew YorkEastThe End Of The DayMiddle EastBin LadenArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Robert Fisk
“At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.” EndsHellMiddleNotesAverageThe End Of The DayDifferentiateBeing PlayedPunters Author:Jeff Beck
“The land is not old. It only changes, becoming one thing and the next. We are the ones who ascribe age, the brevity of our lives demanding a beginning, middle and end.” EndsAgeNextOur LivesOne ThingLandMiddleBecomingBrevityBecoming OneBeginning Middle And End Author:Craig Childs
“On a train, why do I always end up sitting next to the woman who's eating the individual fruit pie by sucking the filling out through the hole in the middle?” EndsNextIndividualMiddleEatingSittingTrainFruitHolesPieFilling Author:Victoria Wood
“I've very emotional. When I went through my first breakup, I thought it was the end of the world, and I thought I was going to die if I didn't have him in my life. It was good to cry it out, and just scream, or call my friends in the middle of the night crying.” IfsWorldFirstsEndsNightDiesMiddleCryEmotionalMy FriendsBreakupScreamEnd Of The WorldMiddle Of The Night Author:Selena Gomez
“Any story has a beginning, middle, and end, of course, but the question is, where do you start it exactly? It's about a guy who is murdered in a fistfight, but how does it evolve and what does it mean? That's what I discovered scene by scene, and this innovation of coming in as a first-person narrator was a complete surprise to me. It just happened.” FirstsMeanPersonsDoeEndsStoriesGuyCoursesHappenedMiddleSceneInnovationSurpriseEvolveFirst PersonNarratorsBeginning Middle And End Author:T.C. Boyle
“The most basic organizing principle was pretty straightforward, and is frankly pretty common: the shorter of what are by my lights the two most engaging stories goes first, the longer of the two goes at the end, and everything else goes in the middle.” FirstsTwoEndsStoriesLightCommonPrinciplesMiddleEngagingStraightforward Author:Roy Kesey