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WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER Where the signposts end, the trail begins.
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BILL CLINTON GOD begins where you end and takes you beyond where you thought was impossible
TEMITOPE IBRAHIM I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
GAVIN BRYARS Life is at an end where the kingdom of God begins
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The big struggle is knowing where I end and God begins.
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THOMAS FULLER Charity begins at home, but should not end there
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MARK SHIELDS Wisdom begins at the end.
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E.M. FORSTER If Jefferson'...
STEPHEN SKOWRONEK A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
HENRY B. ADAMS Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins.
HORACE (HORATIO) SMITH Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins
HORACE SMITH See. There's a lot of teaching going on out there. That's where it all begins.
JIM BROWN The process doesn't end (today), it begins.
ASSEMBLYMAN GREENWALD The process doesn't end (today), it begins.
ASSEMBLYMAN LOUIS GREENWALD The end of talking begins with action.
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WALTER GROPIUS Where ambition ends happiness begins.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Where law ends, tyranny begins.
WILLIAM PITT Where ambition ends happiness begins.
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KARL LAGERFELD Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
SAMUEL JOHNSON Where law ends, tyranny begins
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MARIAN ANDERSON Where words leave off, music begins.
HEINRICH HEINE Where the law ends tyranny begins.
HENRY FIELDING Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.
ALBERT PIKE Where military service begins, logic ends.
TURKISH PROVERB For avarice begins where poverty ends.
HONORé DE BALZAC The truth begins where trust ends.
IVAN YELKIN Words are where most change begins.
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ROBERT G. INGERSOLL There is no slavery but ignorance.
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SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should...
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BILL STERN Our elections are free, it's in the results where eventually we pay.
BILL STERN Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.
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DINESH D'SOUZA The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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