All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say.
“And yet, if we don't, first and foremost, act responsibly with the national tax dollars that we have, we can't properly address those regional priorities that we would like to.”
“So if I could just go back now to something which I am sure we should cover here regarding our original scenario: we have, in fact, four ways - four major potential lines of research.”