B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.B. B. King
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
Ram Kapoor -
I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
Dana Carvey -
Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
Rachel Kushner -
I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
J. R. Martinez -
I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
Hale Irwin
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
Olivier Theyskens -
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
Caitlin Flanagan -
Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
Sam Kean -
The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
Edmund Morgan -
If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
Rachel Zoe -
People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during these songs, and you're done. I'd say 95 percent of the time you don't even know you just did it.
Taylor Kitsch
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie -
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
Daniel Craig -
I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
Karin Slaughter -
The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
Frances Beinecke
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
Karl von Frisch -
Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.
Henry Kissinger -
Like blood, like good, and like agen make the happiest marriage.
John Ray -
I have a collection of vintage sundresses, and I've never worn them because for some reason I always opt for shorts and a t-shirt. I wish I could commit to them. I will. I have a few really great pieces I've been holding onto for years.
Tatiana Maslany -
After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.
Mason Cooley -
Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
B. B. King