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A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#behind #communicate #driven #educated #need

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#because #bell #camera #concentration #first

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas. ↗

— Mark Rothko

#antiquity #back #basic #because #eternal

I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

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I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#dropped #grade #i #me #out

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#attract #average #average person #because #critics

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#because #black-and-white #bring #films #i

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not. ↗

— Emily Procter

#because #clean #coming #cops #friends

I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car. ↗

— Alain Prost

#car #go #hard #i #like

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved. ↗

— Alain Prost

#bit #english #i #i think #look