#me

I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.' ↗

— David Byrne

#call #civic #distance #doing #engagement

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can. ↗

— William Feather

#daily #each #emergencies #go #meet

In the NFL a lot of times everyone gets caught up in the business side of things. For them it's all about money and it really leaves a sour taste in your mouth. ↗

— Brett Favre

#business #caught #everyone #gets #leaves

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me. ↗

— Brett Favre

#always #because #been #bit #brought

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game. ↗

— Brett Favre

#change #game #injuries #obviously #way

It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape. ↗

— Brett Favre

#back #brief #brief period #deal #difficult

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. ↗

— David Byrne

#brazilian music #even #i #last #me

It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. ↗

— David Byrne

#almost #art #backwards #emotional #ideas

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another? ↗

— David Byrne

#attitude #beats #fundamental #hip-hop #i

And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#also #because #cinematic #confusing #difficult