B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.B. B. King
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
Barbara Walters -
As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
V. E. Schwab -
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
Joanne Rowling -
The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
Daisaku Ikeda -
I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
Laura Benanti -
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
Mahershala Ali
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
Rand Paul -
During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
Xi Jinping -
I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
Uma Thurman -
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
Ingrid Bergman -
I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
Sally Field -
War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
Ted Turner
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Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn't work from the beginning, it's never going to work. Don't push it.
Vanessa Paradis -
I feel that, at this point in my career, I don't want to do another television show. I don't want to do a film.
Pamela Anderson -
I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
Patrick deWitt -
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
Edna St. Vincent Millay -
You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
Van Morrison -
I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
Gabrielle Giffords
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Changing my name has been like a formal rite of passage.
Anohni -
The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive.
George Allen, Sr. -
I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
Natalie Cole -
Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life.
Carlos Santana Santana -
My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.
B. B. King