#tent

Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. Or at least they do for me. They're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision. ↗

— George Saunders

#being #decisions #during #intention #least

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face. ↗

— Richard Savage

#build #face #foolish #generous #lives

I feel sorry for many politicians... we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#consistent #expect #feel #i #i feel

After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly impressed. His appearance was neither pretentious nor affected. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#affected #after #appearance #criticisms #had

I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#again #available #better #bin #clarke

Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review. ↗

— Otto Schily

#arresting #court #dangerous #decision #deportation

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#admire #extent #function #love #see

The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and good, and not tawdry and ostentatious. ↗

— Giles Gilbert Scott

#anxious #appalling #artistic #catholic #catholic church

I am looking forward to being part of the E! team. This unique opportunity allows my company to take the next step in providing multimedia content. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

#am #being #company #content #forward

I love getting attention, just like a child loves it, and it's never worn off. So when people say, oh the book signings go on, why would I shoo away someone who's giving me attention? What part of standing in line for 10 hours to say how much they love you is bad to you? ↗

— David Sedaris

#away #bad #book #book signings #child