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My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. ↗

— Richard Branson

#car #determined #few #fields #find

Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun. ↗

— Edie Falco

#coming home #easier #family #fun #home

I love to hand sew. I sometimes make clothing for my children, which of course they grow out of in a matter of minutes. I thoroughly love it. ↗

— Edie Falco

#clothing #course #grow #hand #i

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift. ↗

— Wernher von Braun

#best #confirmation #first #get #gift

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#how #intelligence #make #mistakes #quickly

My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog? ↗

— Edie Falco

#afford #after #any #artists #burden

I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others. ↗

— Drew Brees

#difference #fact #feels #goes #i

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains. ↗

— Lord Byron

#codes #devils #hell #help #humanity

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it. ↗

— Edie Falco

#audience #common #doing #just #learn

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people. ↗

— John O. Brennan

#american people #bed #day #enough #go