#tails

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#appearance #artificial #background #book #calculated

I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That's really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don't think it's appropriate for me to second guess. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#appropriate #area #authority #congress #details

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#controversy #details #enlightening #important #more

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#after #best #deal #deep #details

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details. ↗

— David Byrne

#drama #exciting #going #lives #most

We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#busy #dec #delighted #details #extended

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#better #details #get #goes #i

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#along #cares #carries #civilization #complete

I worked every day there, so I knew all the details. But I needed only some proof. So the proof was photos. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#details #every #every day #i #knew

We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or gray was a Philip Sidney at heart. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#details #every #every man #gray #great