#been

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#actor #been #daft #day #directed

I would find myself backing away from all of the "isms," all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#always #away #backing #been #communities

I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #countless #horror #i #korea

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest. ↗

— Edie Falco

#aware #been #i #i think #interested

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better. ↗

— John Breaux

#better #boat #congress #could #done

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#been #carry #emperors #even #finest

My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing. ↗

— Edie Falco

#argument #because #been #cold #did

It has been an interesting road, but I wouldn't trade any of it for the world, because I feel like all of those instances in my life I felt molded me and strengthened me and made me who I am. ↗

— Drew Brees

#any #because #been #feel #felt

The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern. ↗

— Edie Falco

#big #concern #films #i #interesting

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen. ↗

— Robert Bresson

#make #might #never #perhaps #seen