#begins

When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

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Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too. ↗

— Sophocles

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Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. ↗

— Charles Stanley

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The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. ↗

— James Jeans

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An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm. ↗

— Peter Straub

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The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

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I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. ↗

— Ben Okri

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The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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