B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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Race is still the No. 1 determinant in every election.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memory before the game. I don't know if you'd call it visualising or dreaming, but I've always done it, my whole life.
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I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.
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We want you to pay attention.
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What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.
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Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.
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I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
