#ear

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#being nice #either #good #got #gotta

Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#family #his #i #name #nickname

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#day #die #eat #fear #gig

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#blowing #here #i #made #my own

All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#actor #ahead #am #been #best

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#beat #because #could #did #i

I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#back #day #directors #fix #fun

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. ↗

— John Ruskin

#increased #loads #new #possession #us

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good. ↗

— Henri Rousseau

#heart #my own #often #open #own

Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#early #equipment #i #later #made