#other

Southerners smile more than other Americans. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#other #smile #southerners #than

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother. ↗

— Lou Reed

#dressing #i #look #make #makeup

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#because #black #completely #confederate #folks

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket. ↗

— Lou Reed

#because #bucket #cleaned #i #kicked

I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album. ↗

— Lou Reed

#album #another #going #i #just

I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it. ↗

— Nick Rhodes

#afraid #almost #anesthesia #being #being afraid

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods. ↗

— David Ricardo

#compared #contrary #exchange #gold #goods

For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#acting #aesthetic #artist #consider #craft

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#away #fame #focus #get #happens

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#become #begging #father #film #four