"The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started” is a popular quotation of unknown authorship. “‘The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started.’ ~ Anonymous” was cited on Twitter on June 29, 2009.
Google Books
January 1921, The Military Surgeon, pg. 45:
After this work is done for several days, men realize that the best way to finish an unpleasant task is to start gradually.
Twitter
Hamilton
@Hamilton_G
RT @irwanlee: “The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started.” ~ Anonymous
5:23 AM - 29 Jun 2009
A Vet In Training
Exam motivaton quotes:
July 26, 2010 by Annettevet
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“The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started.” ~ Anonymous
Svetkarin Says
December 5, 2010
I’mma Kiss The Exams
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The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started.
- Anonymous
Twitter
Naomi Skoutariotis
@NaomiSkouta
The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started. Alléhup #bestuursrecht #examens
6:53 AM - 8 Jun 2011
Google Books
The Brain Box:
The Essential Guide to Success at School
By David Hodgson and Tim Benton
Carmarthen, Wales: Independent Thinking Press
2014
Pg. ?:
The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started.
Anonymous
Twitter
Fuel Running
@fuelrunning
Fuelism #636 Fuelisms : The best way to finish an unpleasant task is to get started. http://bit.ly/1xxXMXM
7:45 AM - 2 Dec 2014
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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