#refined

I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling. ↗

— Frances Burney

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The more refined one is, the more unhappy. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#refined #unhappy

It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows. ↗

— William Empson

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He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. ↗

— Arthur Balfour

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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there. ↗

— Randy Johnson

#better idea #confidence #determination #doing #got

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#divinity #enlightenment #everyone #follow #here

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#actually #almost #anomaly #artists #because

So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance. In other words, the way we play is the end product of the way we live - we live in the cities, you see. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#down #end #end product #in other words #live

The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#consciousness #directly #eye #mind #most

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. ↗

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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