#resemble

I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to keep zapping and zapping the English language until it starts to behave in some way that vaguely matches my intentions. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#again #along #behave #closely #constantly

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#art #concerns #constant #continues #creates

A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#done #film #goes #hands #making

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology. ↗

— Karl Popper

#ends #engineering #physical #piecemeal #province

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat. ↗

— A. J. Jacobs

#body #call #fat #goat #i

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#almost #arises #cannot #conduct #imitation

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#council #debate #effort #either #more

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. ↗

— George Sand

#more #novel #novels #often #resemble

No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints. ↗

— Charles Simeon

#man #measure #resemble #saints #scripture

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#few #great #men #never #occupies