Finishing Quotations

I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The writing itself wasn't too bad, and the characters were interesting. But the story was a mess, and it was full of fantasy cliches. Dwarf with an axe. Barbarian warrior. I don't ever think I'd bother finishing that. It's just not worth my time.

After finishing the gymnasium in Muenchen with 9 years of Latin and 6 years of ancient Greek, history and philosophy, I decided to become a physicist. The great theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld, an university colleague of my late father, advised me to begin with an apprenticeship in precision mechanics.

They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do that, so it could be a very bad marriage. I'm trying to keep this potential nightmare quiet because we're just finishing editing.

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

If you turn a smiling face on the world, you've got a chance of finishing up a good-looking old person.

I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.

When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I never had a problem with Brussels sprouts or broccoli growing up. I always grew up with the mentality of finishing your plate.

I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a conscientious singer is never sure of himself or of anything. He is ever in the hands of Destiny.

The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

Between finishing emails, loading the fridge, unloading the dishwasher, getting our son to eat his chicken nuggets and my dog to swallow her pill, it takes approximately 32 days for my husband and I to complete a discussion and 46 to wrap up a fight.

After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story or a novel, I find that when it's still fresh in my mind I'm either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I'm unable to make substantive edits of any value.

I rise at 6. Strong coffee helps me face the paper edition of 'The New York Times.' It daily challenges my own capacity for faking anything deranged enough to sound true. I work till 2 P.M. unless I am in the throes of finishing something. I rewrite to be reread.

It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.

If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no matter how terrible you think that first draft is. Then let it cool off. In other words, don't look at it for a while. Then you can rewrite it.

I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost about 100 pounds and within a year gained it all back.

I've done that quite often, but I've got to be quite honest... as much as you would want to only do one at a time, sometimes projects overlap and there's nothing you can do. Sometimes you to have begin writing a new project just as you're finishing off another.

I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing.

I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point.

The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.

I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.

I started a novel right before 'The Imitation Game,' so it's funny now, four years later, to be coming almost back to finishing it.

There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day.

After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the book would work, but to be honest, I think I knew it would never work, even as I was finishing it.

But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention - they go home, they're finished. They don't stall, they don't do their homework in front of the TV.

I stay away from straight bench; all the work I do is with dumbbells to protect my rotator cuffs. Then I'll do a bunch of different pull moves like inverted rows before finishing with some simple internal or external rotations with a band to strengthen my shoulder.

I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

We own our movie and are now close to breaking even, even without finishing domestic DVD deals.

The style I have in judo is very unique... One big advantage a judo player has is they have very good posture and - like, wrestlers, they show when they're about to do a take-down... which judo players don't, and so I kind of incorporate the boxing style with a judo grip and finishing that way.

It is easy to have a lot of paintings or projects hanging around that are 'almost done.

We do like digital projection. We like shooting on film, finishing digitally, and projection digitally. That's what I like best. It's still a movie. It's not someone's camcorder and it got projected. That's mean, I know.

Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.

Peace is not a matter of prizes or trophies. It is not the product of a victory or command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement.

Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film.

I especially remember that on All Souls Day, when so many people wanted new monuments for the graves, our whole family pitched in. I did the lettering on the stones, my brother did the carving, and my sisters put the finishing touches on them, the gold leaf and all that.

We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.

I was seventeen when my mother passed away, ... I was heartbroken. Nothing mattered to me anymore. I thought seriously about not finishing high school, even of dropping out of boxing. Not one day passes that I don't think about my mother. And to be honest, there are still times when it's a lonely world without her. But I feel that I was blessed to have her in my life, and I believe she's still looking out for me.

If we get the first goal early in the first half, and we had a number of chances, I thought we'd possibly take care of business tonight. The good part is that we are creating chances; the frustrating part is that we are not finishing enough.

I was pleased with the way I improved over the course of the match, ... By the end of the match, I was much more comfortable. But I was a little nervous in the beginning and the ball was really flying. I was trying to go after the ball so it didn't play me, but I wasn't quite committed to letting my swing go, so I was sort of moving forward and not finishing my swing, and I was losing control of a few shots.

I would have liked to win, but then there is only so much you can do for it, and this time it was Fernando. I'm certainly not complaining about finishing second. There are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title, and it's great to be one of them.

We had a very strong tournament. Nicole Hage really played well and ended up finishing third, but we had great performances from everyone. This was a big team victory.

Of all cursed places under the sun, where the hungriest soul can hardly pick up a few grains of knowledge, a girls boarding-school is the worst. They are called finishing schools, and the name tells accurately what they are. They finish everything but imbecility and weakness, and that they cultivate. They are nicely adapted machines for experimenting on the question, ''Into how little space a human being can be crushed?'' I have seen some souls so compressed that they would have fitted into a small thimble, and found room to move there -- wide room. A woman who has been for many years at one of those places carries the mark of the beast on her till she dies.

Obviously, we want to finish strong for our seniors, and we haven't placed this high in a long time. But, yeah, finishing third would also be good for our younger players who are coming back the next few years.

One magazine had me finishing with 975 yards,

My finishing position in the points is secondary this season. Finishing in the top five in the owner's points is the most important thing. Wherever I finish in the points is just a bonus.

Obviously, the dunk was huge because of the crowd. That dunk set the tone for the night, especially out of a half-court set. After that, it was our game to lose. The kids did a tremendous job of finishing it out.

Retirement is no longer a fixed point in time. What people are saying is that retirement is finishing one part of their life in order to have the freedom to choose what they want to do with the rest of their life.

My foot got caught in an awkward position and I rolled my knee on it. I was looking forward to finishing the season strong. I was feeling good in there and it's just frustrating right now.

I didn't wrestle good today. It was just an off day. I wasn't finishing any of my moves or taking advantage of anything.

If we can turn it around and start doing a better job of finishing then we can make some things happen with a big run in the district tournament.

If things don't go our way we should be in the playoffs but I'm convinced we've still got a chance of finishing in first place.

If they keep finishing behind us, it is not possible to catch him anymore.

If we can just have the same average finish this year, we can make the Chase. Finishing races is so important. That's how we got that top five finish in the Busch Series. We really weren't a top-five team, but we did it by consistency. That's what we want to do this year.

If they (Renault) keep finishing behind us it is not possible to catch them any more, ... but we will fight as long as possible.

I graduated from college with a major in fiction writing, and then I spent years and years and years just writing and not ever finishing anything and really falling into the black hole of self-loathing.

I grew it out specifically for the race. This feels fantastic. It feels like you're about to die out on the course, but boy, nothing feels better than finishing down Main Street. It's a beautiful hill, the church bell is ringing, everyone is cheering. It's wonderful.

Lees-McRae had good inside-outside people. They came to play. I didn't think they would make it this tough on us. I was glad No. 4 (wiry 6-foot junior Denise Wilson) fouled out. She was hurting us with her drives, her finishing and making foul shots.

Last year we didn't shave or fully taper until state and we went from being ranked in the low 20s to finishing eighth in the 200 free relay. This year, who knows how much time we can drop. I don't know if Fenwick shaved and tapered for sectionals or not - I have no idea. But we're shooting for No. 1, and I think it's an attainable goal.

We need to beat that finishing result, ... Last year, I just wanted to finish the race with all of the fenders on the car. We did that. I want to do the same this weekend, but have a finishing position of at least 10 spots better.

We're just finishing games off of pure talent, not knowledge. We're just making it difficult for ourselves. Miami's a good team. They're going to make a run, and they did. We held it off the best we could and won the game.

We're just finishing up and the season isn't over yet. We're not making the playoffs, but the season's still going on. We still want to compete until the end and we've got no more games left.

We're competing really hard. At the beginning of the year it seems we were getting blown out a lot. Now we're in every game. We know that we can win every game. It's just a matter of finishing off strong.

Molly is probably our most improved player over the past two seasons but she still has big strides ahead. She can cause problems by slipping behind the defense and we could see her get a few more goals as her finishing skills continue to improve.

Six games away from the playoffs and we are still refining some aspects of our play. We need to work on finishing checks, but overall I am pleased with the way this team responds to adversity and generates opportunities. We've got six games left to get better - to be playoff ready.

Since the summer, Markko has been happier at the wheel of the 307 WRC and the engineers at Peugeot Sport have a clearer understanding of the sort of set-up that suits him. Everything's moving in the right direction and that's the main thing, both with a view to defending Peugeot's chances in its bid to win the manufacturers' title as well as to maintaining our own, very real chance of finishing in the top-three in the drivers' championship. We haven't given up!

She handled her composure throughout the meet. We knew what her scores were and knew she was close to finishing at the top.

She knows that that's her role. I think she's accepted it. I think she's accepted whatever role we've put her in. She's just a kid that goes hard every time she steps on the floor. Finishing her free throws is part of that.

She definitely deserved to win finishing like that with birdies on the last four holes.

Magee has had a very good training camp. He has worked on his fitness and it shows. His finishing this entire camp has been in a different class.

Many of the building sites will be Habitat for Humanity sites where we will work with that local affiliate for that day. We do not know what stage of the house they will be on, but we could be raising walls, siding, painting, putting on finishing touches-anything is possible.

Simply delighted. I have come in second place a few times before in Asian Tour tournaments and finishing on top here is a fantastic start to the year for me.

The only message you can give (the players) is to keep working hard, keep doing the things you do. We played well against Buffalo in our own rink, but things just didn't turn out well. . . . We're really not finishing (shots) with good regularity.

We were creating chances we just weren't finishing and on the defensive side of things we made a few mistakes that their leading scorer capitalized on.

What I can tell you, is that when we finishing the album in LA, Johnny came down to the studio to talk about the movie.

It started as a hobby when I was a kid, and I'm finishing as a hobby.

And so out of the blue the call did come and said, you know, "Would you be - would you consider turning this now into a series?" And so obviously that was a shock. And all the conversations began. And, you know, and now we're here. Now we're finishing up our last episode right now.

Guys just stepped up and did exactly what we asked them to do. It's about focusing and finishing because that's how we get better as a team.

He likes to play physical, as you all saw, ... Obviously, you don't want to see anyone get hurt, but the kid is trying to win a job. You can't hold him accountable for finishing a check out there. Everyone was in that spot once.

He just has to finish, ... He's doing everything right but the final act and that's finding some strength and finishing and finding a good base and putting it through the hoop. I just told him, 'You're going to have to dunk the ball.'

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I am really looking forward to it - it's an opportunity to be a musician and not have to worry about finishing lyrics. That's a nice way to come down from touring.

I am really pleased with the season this year. I feel I have established better credit to my name and feel I am more consistent. My hamstring was a little bit tight about 20 meters to the finishing line, but it was a good race, I think my performance was good, the competition was great.

I can't fault my kids for their effort and their heart. It seemed like we were one little play from finishing it off and we couldn't do it.

I can't say enough about the play of Jordan Angeli . It was really just an experiment to move her to the forward position. She has done a fantastic job. Finishing two quality goals against the team of the caliber that we played tonight showed what a great player she is.

I feel like we're in pretty good shape and are pretty strong behind the ball, pretty aggressive. Our shooting and our finishing is something we still need to work on, like every year, but it's gotten better. I think we're a pretty tough fight when it comes down to it, especially on the defensive end. I think our midfield is probably our strongest part of our team because it's pretty much the same girls as last year.

I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon, that means I'm not finishing my pitches, and I've got to be able to do that first.

Fortunately enough I managed to stumble over the finishing line,

I don't think I've ever seen her want the ball and call for the ball as much as she has in these last two tournaments. That makes all the difference. Our guards are doing a good job of finding her and she's finishing with buckets.

I don't think we will ever be able to stop. It's finishing (construction on) one before starting another one, but always having them all on the table and continuing to work toward the ultimate completion of all of them.

I had very little time in between finishing Ocean's Twelve in Europe and going down to Mexico, where they had been shooting Zorro for a few weeks,

I am very satisfied for this silver medal. We clearly suffered for it. I'm proud of her for being so brave and finishing the competition. This is a beautiful moment for us.

Based on what I've seen, we look to be in pretty good shape as a team. It's possible that we could go in as the projected state champion. Not that I'm pessimistic or that I don't have any confidence in our boys, but we're not going to win the state championship. (St. Xavier) is in a class by itself. ... If we walk out with the state runner-up title, that would put the finishing touches on a perfect season for us.

I felt like I was playing fairly well at the beginning of the year but nothing happened. I couldn't hole any putts so I was finishing 35th every week.

I felt like we accomplished a lot. But it's like not finishing a marathon with a mile left.

Having a winning record at home or avoiding finishing last weren't motivating factors for us. When you are 27 games under .500, can we really expect to be better at home?

We've got to get those games on the road if we're talking about finishing first or second. We've got some tough ones coming up.

When I am finishing a picture I hold some God-made object up to it / a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand / as a kind of final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it is bad art.

We're playing some good teams very close. We've improved a lot, we just don't have that finishing touch yet.

We talked a lot about finishing a defensive stand.