B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
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During the morning rush hour on March 20, 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo placed packages on five subway trains converging on Tokyo's central station. When punctured, the packages spread vaporized Sarin through the subway cars and then into the stations as the trains pulled in.
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.
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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.
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There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.
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Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.
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Yet people who benefit from all this now viciously defy Westminster, purporting to act as though they were an elected government; people who spend their lives sponging on Westminster and British democracy and then systematically assault democratic methods. Who do these people think they are?
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The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.
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Supply and demand eventually rebalance. We've seen this again and again and again.
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There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.
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A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies goes off in my mind. That's not a question to ask anyone but yourself.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
