#ted

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

The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation. ↗

— Anthony Braxton

#actually #convenient #i #interested #limitation

Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age. ↗

— Toni Braxton

#age #although #becoming #college #coming

I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point. ↗

— Edie Falco

#feel #files #five #forensic #friends

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

When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense.' ↗

— John Breaux

#care #cut #defense #god #going

Time spent with cats is never wasted. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#cats #never #spent #time #wasted

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself. ↗

— Edie Falco

#complicated #cut #difficult #fame #fame thing

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'm not interested in making clothes that are not accessible. ↗

— Amber Valletta

#clothes #i #interested #making #not interested