#complete

When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the earlier novel and rewrite much of it. In the meantime the second novel lies in a desk drawer. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#aside #begin #complete #desk #drawer

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife. ↗

— Barack Obama

#baffling #completely #extended #fact #fame

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. ↗

— Ben Okri

#always #bit #bore #challenging #completely

To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something. ↗

— Ben Okri

#completely #quite #situations #something #sustain

But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now. ↗

— Rudolf Otto

#breaking #completely #deep #different #justice

It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#changes #completely #development #except #factual

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#completely #me #process #rely #simple

I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#complete #design #drawn #furniture #i

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ↗

— Jacques Prevert

#bit #completely #even #forget #forgets

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. ↗