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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I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
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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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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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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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The affairs of America I shall ever look upon as my first business whilst I am in Europe. Any confidence from the king and ministers, any popularity I may have among my own countrymen, any means in my power, shall be, to the best of my skill, and till the end of my life, exerted in behalf of an interest I have so much at heart.
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It's a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.
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Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education.
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If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
