Mickey Rourke Quotes

I try to find the right director who won't compromise his or anyone else's integrity, and yet be political enough to give the studio what they want, yet put up a fight to maintain that integrity.

Mickey Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1956

Topics

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We say it every year: we are confident; we think we can win a championship, yadda, yadda, yadda. You have all heard it before. But we have to go out there and do it.

Jimmy Butler

WinThinkConfidentYearYouGo

I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica, Inca civilization in Peru, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and people often ask me, where do I get these ideas from? They come from reading widely, watching a lot of documentaries, and increasingly ,as I was able to, travelling around the world.

Matthew Reilly

GreatNew YorkPeopleIdeasWorld

If you try to be better every day, more miracles happen in your life.

Tory Lanez

LifeDayBetterYouEvery DayTry

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that 'cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

Tory Lanez

MusicKindNeverUpThingsUs

One of the toughest things for leaders to master is kindness. Kindness shares credit and offers enthusiastic praise for others' work. It's a balancing act between being genuinely kind and not looking weak.

Travis Bradberry

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I thought that I'd always just do Broadway, my original plan, but that was derailed.

Toni Trucks

ThoughtPlanAlwaysOriginalJust

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

Rumi

BirdSoulFlyMy SoulNowAway

I always think, 'What does this picture mean? What's the best place to put my camera? Do I have anything extra in the picture, things in the background that will distract? Am I in the basic position that will give the essential things for this picture but not too much?'

Mary Ellen Mark

BestThinkPictureCameraPlace

Certainly my parents were very political, so the whole Berlin Wall thing - and being a kid of the '80s - that's just something that's in your experience.

Miriam Shor

ExperienceParentsPoliticalWall

I just love music, in general. I love art.

Joyner Lucas

LoveMusicArtJustGeneralI Love

I don't follow any of what the pop world is doing. Sometimes I feel like that's a weakness, actually, that I'm too in my own bubble. But I'm really just interested in the inner journey. And pop is all about the exterior world, the material.

Jason Mraz

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Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

Brad Falchuk

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