Luther Allison Quotes
I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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Everyone should change; otherwise, you can't grow as a person in life.
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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
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If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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I just can't read music.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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The 'My Mother the Car' script read like Neil Simon compared to the 'Gilligan's Island' script.
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The trouble with a lot of people who try to write is they intellectualize about it. That comes after. The intellect is given to us by God to test things once they’re done, not to worry about things ahead of time.
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I would do anything that helps people do things better. Even if the Indian government comes to me for anything, I would be very open.
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Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.
