B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
V. S. Naipaul -
In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
Madeleine Stowe -
I grew and learned, journeyed and understood, that someone who is afraid of failing won't get anywhere, and someone who dares to do it runs the risk of failure if they don't learn, correct their mistakes, and get back up.
Fabrizio Moreira -
Female can understand more detail and really care for the consequence and understand all the process.
Yingluck Shinawatra -
Nature can do more than physicians.
Oliver Cromwell
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
Maddie Hasson -
Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
Gail Carson Levine -
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
E. B. White -
My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
Vera Wang -
I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care.
Hanya Yanagihara -
I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
Jack Falahee
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I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.
Idris Elba -
T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Stand-up, by far, is my favorite.
Wanda Sykes -
When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.
Aasif Mandvi -
I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
Karl Kraus -
For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or care about feminism anymore, that it's totally over. But it's not.
J. Courtney Sullivan
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Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.
Sam Shepard -
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
Sai Baba -
Undoubtedly I had lost time in balking at scales, arpeggios. ... There is an advantage in establishing the top story of one's constructions first: One has seen the heights; one knows what one is building for and what must be sustained.
Yehudi Menuhin -
I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.
Cole Swindell -
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Conrad Hall -
I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. King