B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services.
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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I grew and learned, journeyed and understood, that someone who is afraid of failing won't get anywhere, and someone who dares to do it runs the risk of failure if they don't learn, correct their mistakes, and get back up.
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Female can understand more detail and really care for the consequence and understand all the process.
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care.
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I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
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I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.
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T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.
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I grew up with three little brothers. Every Christmas, we'd have piles of toy trucks and Lincoln Logs and G.I. Joes under the tree. Those were for them. For me? My No. 1 favorite present of all time: books. Two or three tall stacks of wonderful stories that I could lose myself in for weeks.
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Stand-up, by far, is my favorite.
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When you're a standup comic, you get up and you try stuff, and you're always kind of seeing how far you can push things.
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I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
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For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or care about feminism anymore, that it's totally over. But it's not.
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The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.
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We came out and took care of business and that's the sign of a good team, coming out and making adjustments.
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'System' is the concept that refers both to a complex of interdependencies between parts, components, and processes, that involves discernible regularities of relationships, and to a similar type of interdependency between such a complex and its surrounding environment.
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I got chronic stuff that everybody has when they're done playing football for any length of time. So the good thing is I'm able to walk. I feel good. I'm able to spend more time with the fam.
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I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
