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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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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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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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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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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I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election.
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We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.
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Sometimes people will approach me on the street and ask me very personal questions about my dating life. Fans talk to me like they know me, and it's like, 'You don't know me. You know my character, but you really don't know me.'
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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.
