B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
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You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.
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When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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I'm not the girl for super high fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.
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I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me.
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When you move from a different country, it takes a while to make friends. I found myself being lonely a lot at first. In New Delhi, I had all my family. But Portland is one of those cities you can immerse yourself in and feel comfortable. People are so friendly.
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Cervantes married in 1584, when he was thirty-seven and Catalina was nineteen. The marriage lasted thirty years, but Cervantes may have spent only about half of them with his wife.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
