Evel Knievel Quotes
People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
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People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.
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In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I was taught by the women. They had gone through hell, but they would dance and sing. I came to realise I can't argue for a happy world if I am not happy myself.
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I vote Labour and can't begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.
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I guess I've dated smart guys, I've dated dumb guys, hot guys.
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The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free.
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Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.
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I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.
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I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.
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It is difficult to meet fan expectations, especially when people say, 'Oh, the last one was the best one.' It creates more pressure each time for the next game to top the last one.
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I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.
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I'm private in the sense that I like my personal space and only want people in the parts of my business that I choose to share. Anything I feel is too personal to share publicly, I keep to myself.
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Environment protection weighs the same in my life as my professional acting career.
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I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.
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Readers have to be sought out and won to the light of the page, poem by poem, one by one by one.
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You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.
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Congress does two things well: nothing and overreacting.
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I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.
