#refine

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working. ↗

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

#again #go #had #look #lost

To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#character #hero #himself #know #own

The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn't damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined. ↗

— George Saunders

#conduit #damaged #even #get #heightened

With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. ↗

— Iain Glen

#class #even #face #her #i

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. ↗

— Eliza Farnham

#arts #being #each #embellish #found

Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

#once #refine #sometimes #song #them

Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants. ↗

— Robert Millikan

#consists #human #multiplication #refinement #wants

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

#disturbing #gentleness #great #means #refinement

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

#broken #expectations #hopes #improved #men

Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt. ↗

— Geoffrey Zakarian

#chestnuts #cooked #especially #fall #favorite