B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I will keep working hard!
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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Music is my release.
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I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
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I was an expert horseman.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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(on his newest iPhone) 'I'm scrolling and scrolling and I’m, like, 'I have to stop,' but I can’t, so I delete the app from my phone. And download it again the next day or whatever.'
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Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his wife, of course I'm going to think about a recent fight with my husband. Or if I'm writing about sisters, of course I'm going to think about my sister.
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What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, 'You'd better learn this.' But I still think I've got a head on my shoulders, and it pleases me.
