Johnny Rivers Quotes
I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.
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Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
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You can't escape from what you are.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!
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Age doesn't affect driving - how do you like that?
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I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.
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I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
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You're in charge but don't touch the controls.
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It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews.
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I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.
