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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school.
At the height of the Enron mania, the company's market value was $65 billion. Once the dust cleared, the final value was $0.
It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.
The thing about death is it's so final, isn't it, really? As far as we know... Nobody has ever come back and told us about it.
We never give up until the ref's final whistle, we never give up we try to score one more to win the game - that's what we do.
I think for me the final push to move to Paris was the fact I wanted an adventure and I was slightly bored of my life in London.
In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.
'Frances Ha' is the closest final product to what I had in my head of any movie I've made. I'm not entirely even sure why that is.
Christianity teaches that this life is not the only life, and there is a final judgment in which all earthly accounts are settled.
The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.
You cannot expect teams to be up for a final every Saturday, but you have to in the Six Nations, and that is the difficulty we have.
I generally edit quite heavily. In general, there aren't many scenes that are sitting where they sat in the script in the final form.
Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story.
The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at which you can move.
I was given a chance to re-haul 'New Mutants' and take it from the dog of the 'X-Men' office to 1 million copies with its final issue.
Everyone goes on about Manchester United all the time, but they're just another team in the final. I don't see it as anything special.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.
After the mediocre 'Final Fantasy XIII' and the sheer disaster that was 'Final Fantasy XIV,' many fans have lost faith in the RPG titan.
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
I've been lucky enough to play in the final of a World Cup before, but it's always an amazing experience to walk out at a packed stadium.
It's really empowering when, as an artist, you can visualize something and then have the final product turn out the way you wanted it to.
Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.
A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.
I thank the voters of Upstate N.Y. for this privilege to serve and pledge to continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in this final term.
In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.
I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics.
It's humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union.
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.
I am quite self-critical, I try to keep focused on what I need to do better, and in the final third of the pitch I know I can do miles better.
I'm working on my final ball, my precision in front of goal, my one-on-one attacking ability, just new ways to beat defenders and help my team.
If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.
In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a sovereign and independent Irish republic.
My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge.
No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.
As far as 'Final Destination' and its creator, Jeffrey Reddick, are concerned, whenever Jeffrey calls, because of our friendship, I have to listen.
One thing that is 100% certain is that emotions are always incredibly high in a match and, I would imagine, definitely more so in a grand slam final.
As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.
You don't want to get too wrapped up in that final destination. You want to enjoy the journey, enjoy the process, and just take it one step at a time.
All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels.
I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.
A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.
One corollary of the wretchedness of the second trilogy of 'Star Wars' films has been the final, demented sanctification of the first trilogy of films.
I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.
You know I was a ball boy at the Italy v. Argentina semi-final in Naples in 1990 and playing in a World Cup final is something every child dreams about.