B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I'd love to do a drama.
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It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them.
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You've just got to be wary around people. You don't know what they want from you. Just in L.A., people have questionable motives. Everybody's kind of got an angle. You've got to be aware of that.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
