#cause

I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue. ↗

— Tina Yothers

#because #had #i #other #passions

You know... the only person I really had to please after a point was the MPAA. Because Lions' Gate was like, hey, whatever you can get away with is fine, we don't care. ↗

— Rob Zombie

#away #because #care #fine #gate

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#because #dragged #escape #guards #i

I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved. ↗

— Vernon Jordan

#because #black #every #here #i

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#because #divorce #going #i #i am

There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#come #excite #going #i #interesting

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing. ↗

— Steve Ross

#avoid #because #company #criticism #eliminate

Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#because #chess #choice #competition #difficulties

Even more than this, however, the sick - like lepers - were often reviled because people believed that they had brought their torments upon themselves. ↗

— Peter Lewis Allen

#believed #brought #even #had #however

I've never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don't like eating fish. ↗

— Britney Spears

#eating #fish #go #i #japan