#topped

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

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

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

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#confess #dictatorial #doing #editing #his

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

High school is just horrible in general. So, I think it was a good time for me to have stopped acting. I got to be normal in high school. ↗

— Jodi Sweetin

#general #good #good time #got #high

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

I've never stopped learning. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#learning #never #stopped

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.' ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#copiously #dylan #i #i think #me

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#destination #excellent #good #good person #got