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Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.
Tryon Edwards
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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson
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A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
John Heywood
Subject: Beginning Quotes :: Ending QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
George F. Burns
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Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk without loss of esteem
Elizabeth Bowen
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Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.
Peter S. Beagle
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
Orson Welles
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They`ve been running Deer Hunter like crazy on Bravo. And here is the whole goddamned Congress singing `God Bless America` on the steps of the US Capitol. I said, `Holy shit, this is the ending of the movie.` (on The Deer Hunter (1978) in hindsight, post-...
Michael Cimino
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[His answer on 2 October 1979 to a woman who had just seen a special screening of Luna, La (1979) at the Film Center of the School of the Art Institute, Chicago] I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
Bernardo Bertolucci
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After a scary movie about the world almost ending, we can walk into the sunlight and say, "Wow, everything`s still here. I`m OK!" We like to tease ourselves. Human beings have a need to get close to the edge and, when filmmakers or writers can take them t...
Steven Spielberg
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On the Chronicles of Riddick: "The concept behind switching genres was to create a film that you could continue exploring. In the ending of this movie, it`s not just something that says we`re opening it up so we can tell another story, it`s very specific....
Vin Diesel
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I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad.
Emma Thompson
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[On her character "Darla" on "Angel" (1999)] "I didn`t expect them to write such a beautiful ending. I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I`ve ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such...
Julie Benz
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On the changes made to Nathaniel Hawthorne`s "The Scarlet Letter" (she starred in the adaptation): In truth, not very many people have read the book...the ultimate message of "Hester Prynne" would have been lost if we`d stayed with the original ending.
Demi Moore
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Pride [and Prejudice] is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I`ve come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfillment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.
Joe Wright
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[on the ending of his role as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) and "Angel" (1999)] "David [David Boreanaz] and I are from theater. We`re used to shows being really wonderful and then they`re over. You have to be able to reconcile that or everyth...
James Marsters
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[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thi...
Hayao Miyazaki
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Jazz has endured because it doesn`t have a beginning or an ending. It`s a moment.
Robert Altman
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[when asked about the ending of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)] That was the scene I disliked most, where Jason turns into a little boy at the end of Part VIII. Somehow in Rob Hedden`s mind, I think, it was a valid ending and he k...
Kane Hodder
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[when asked about the ending of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)] That was the scene I disliked most, where Jason turns into a little boy at the end of Part VIII. Somehow in Rob Hedden`s mind, I think, it was a valid ending and he k...
Kane Hodder
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It would be hellish to have the pressure of putting on a Hollywood ending or putting in a scene where Vermeer sees Griet washing her breasts - commenting on why she was glad that Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) was a small foreign production.
Scarlett Johansson
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On how he felt about the ending of Star Trek Deep Space Nine: "The show ran for seven years. It was a long, long road. I did have some reservations initially when I read the script [for the series finale. What You Leave Behind], because I thought they wer...
Avery Brooks
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I wrote a novel this year called "Shop Girl", and several producers came to me and wanted to turn it into a movie. And I said, "If you think you`re going to take this book and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and change the ending . . . that`s going ...
Steve Martin
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[on the meaning of Magnolia (1999)`s ending] Oh, how I hate it, when directors are supposed to explain their films. I only say this much: If I had had more cash, I would have let it rain cats and dogs.
Paul Anderson
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[On ending the Spider-Man film series with the third installment] "To me it seems like this is a natural point for the team to break up because we have a lot of story conclusions that were going along for the main characters for the first two movies and w...
Tobey Maguire
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Sometimes you want to upset an audience so you can engage them. I`ve done so-called Hollywood films, and I know that it`s all about wanting the audience to feel upbeat, give them a happy ending. But they also like complete stories. If your story`s complet...
Morgan Freeman
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[on killing off the lead characters in The Devil`s Rejects (2005)] "That was always the ending and every actor had a complaint about that. I wanted to do it because it seems like nobody makes a movie anymore without a sequel set up. Lions Gate was like `T...
Rob Zombie
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I have no intention of ending my career in a rooming house, with full scrapbooks and an empty stomach.
Carole Landis
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[Darryl F. Zanuck on The Grapes of Wrath (1940)] It`s a good picture. It`s meaty and down to earth. But I think it needs a happier ending.
John Ford
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[On the ending of Stroszek (1977):] "When I saw the dancing chicken, I knew I would create a grand metaphor -- for what, I don`t know."
Werner Herzog
