Ike Turner Quotes
They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.
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When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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From caring comes courage.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
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Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
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Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.
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If you're a professional athlete, and after the game, you're eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You're making a mistake.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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I'm going to leave WWII. I considered and rejected doing something on the Pacific. Fourteen years is enough. I'd like to take on a different challenge and probably a different era. But it will be another war. It's what I do.
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They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them.
