B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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We're only here to love God and each other. I'm not saying I've never gotten angry at anyone. I do. But you've got to forgive and move on.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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Statistics is the grammar of science.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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My mother loved movies, and I loved movies like she loved movies. So I wanted to do that. I'd send away for movie magazines - the old thing of everybody wanting to be a star or whatever.
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Emotional intelligence is a very important skill set, not just to be happier but also to succeed professionally.
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We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in this body. That is a shame.
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The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life.
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My relationship with Tiger is centered around our children, and we are doing really good - we really are - and I am so happy that is the case. He is a great father.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
