#stopped

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#appear #began #book #cast #characters

So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again. ↗

— R. A. Salvatore

#book #editing #few #gave #go

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#am #before #democrats #down #ever

I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow. ↗

— Neal Schon

#grow #haven #i #play #playing

The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down. ↗

— David Schwimmer

#being #biggest #celebrity #down #effect

We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives. ↗

— Junipero Serra

#found #good-will #had #journey #known

Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#absolute truth #accepted #always #disappointment #doubt

This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#body #break #did #feeling #feeling good

Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#bit #even #feign #i #interest