#cho

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13. ↗

— Sean Connery

#because #had #having #i #join

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#assure #back #carry #choking #ease

Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#could #did #different #different types #going

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#am #become #computers #generation #grow

New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#lost #new #new york #new yorker #old

I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free. ↗

— Coolio

#coupla #day #every #every day #free

The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#bad press #because #been #came #chose

Throughout my life, there are four people I've met who were truly original people. The other three were Groucho Marx, Jim Morrison, and Pablo Picasso. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#groucho #i #jim #life #marx

We like reactions - a reaction is walking out on us, a reaction is throwing tomatoes at the stage, that's a healthy psychological reaction. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#like #out #psychological #reaction #reactions

If you look at anybody who's had along career, if you look at the choices they've made - even if the movies haven't worked - they've always worked with great filmmakers. ↗

— Bradley Cooper

#always #anybody #career #choices #even