“Don’t start anything you can’t finish.”

— Elfriede Jelinek , book The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher (1988)

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Austrian writer 1946

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“I have friends. I want more from you than that. I’m a selfish guy, Jane. If I can’t be your lover, if I can’t have all of you, then I don’t want anything.”

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“Successful people do two things that many other people don’t: They initiate action, and they finish what they start.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

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Michael Phelps (1985) American swimmer

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“Whatever you start, finish well!”

Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach

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“Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving.”

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“They discuss no strings. There, the people, they don’t discuss anything. You can’t beat the British, you’ve got to sit with them for hours. They talk about this, they talk about that.”

Jakaya Kikwete (1950) Tanzanian politician and president

On the fewer strings attached to China's assistance.
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“I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again.”

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“You see that massive giantess blocking the river?” “Technically speaking,” Jack said, “I can’t see anything, because I don’t have eyes. But yes, I see the giant.”

Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer

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“You can’t predict anything about a ruler.”

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“Don’t start anything you can’t finish.”

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