American - Actor | September 23, 1920 - April 6, 2014
All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.
Mickey Rooney
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Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.
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I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.
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Love lasts only for months, sometimes only for minutes. But if you like somebody, it's for a lifetime!
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I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.
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I was a gnomish prodigy - half-human, half-goblin, man-child, child-man.
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I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything but mush for breakfast.
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You always pass failure on your way to success.
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If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything.
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I'm a ham who wants to be a small part of anything.
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I was about six years old when I did 'Orchids and Ermine.' They dressed me in a suit, put a mustache under my nose, a cigar in my mouth, a cane in my hand, and a hat on my head.
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Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside.
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