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 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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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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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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Patriarchal religions, like Judaism and Christianity, established and upheld the 'man's world.'
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Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
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While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.
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That's my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.
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I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us.
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It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.
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A lot of people are successful in this business because of a catchphrase or athletic ability or charisma or wrestling; Ric Flair is the personification of all of those things, much like his daughter Charlotte, as she is already a multiple-time champion after only a few years in the WWE.
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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
