"Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone."

-- Sloane Crosley

#New York Quotes #Cat Quotes #Independent Quotes

“I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter.”

Source : "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.
“The reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.”
“Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.”

Source : Frank Auerbach, Hayward Gallery, Fruit Market Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain (1978). “Frank Auerbach: catalogue of an exhibtion held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 4 May - 2 July 1978, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 15 July 12 August, 1978”
“Abstraction is the enemy of meaning.”
“I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.”
“What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.”
“I would say that I have a love-hate relationship with almost everything in my life, including stand-up.”

Source : "Chelsea Peretti Is About To Get Very Famous". Interview with Rose Surnow, www.cosmopolitan.com. June 11, 2013.
“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard”

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