#fin

When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity. ↗

— Origen

#being #building #built #calm #fine

I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet. ↗

— Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

#drawing #feet #find #great #i

But I wasn't getting in my pace, staying within myself, I was getting a little rushed. So I think I finally took a couple deep breaths and let myself get my timing back. ↗

— Cat Osterman

#breaths #couple #deep #finally #get

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose. ↗

— Wilfred Owen

#any #defined #hits #may #nose

If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim from Kurt Vonnegut, and my distanced fracture quality is all from Amy Hempel, who's probably my favourite writer. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#amy #apart #choruses #favourite #find

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#big #big hit #critically #financial #go

To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#even #fingers #go #go away #hit

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#background #crimes #experience #financial #found

I like to cook Indian food when I can. I find the process of creating a home-cooked meal to be unwinding. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#creating #find #food #i #i can

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake. ↗

— Franz von Papen

#final #germany #individuals #names #stake