#cause

I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a little nine-hole golf course where my father worked. ↗

— Lewis Black

#because #course #father #golf #golf course

The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#ball #because #bob #burnett #carol

Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#because #beg #gay #get #had

I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head. ↗

— Honor Blackman

#head #i #perform #reader #slowest

I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#because #giving #i #i can #imagine

When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

#anywhere #around #because #doing #elvis

Because I was the blonde, I was promoted as the video vixen. ↗

— Nina Blackwood

#blonde #i #promoted #video

I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time. ↗

— Nina Blackwood

#because #could #film #i #mtv

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best. ↗

— Mary Decker

#added #athlete #athletic #back #because

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw everything up. ↗

— Danny DeVito

#course #else #everyone #everything #got