B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what a girl can learn based on the different months of pregnancy to make her character more interesting.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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Nothing will ever have the impact that 9/11 had on Boeing and on the world. It just changed things overnight.
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I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.
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Hindsight is illuminating but not always what we want to see.
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There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
