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B. B. King Quotes

I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015

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Blues Person Defend Always Idea Who

America cannot function if we are a society fueled by riots.

Society America Cannot Function

There is no moderator or ombudsman online, and while the transparency of the web usually means that information is self-correcting, we still have to keep in mind the responsibility each of us carries when the power of the press is at our fingertips and in our pockets.

Power Responsibility Mind Information

Many of the things that shape the way the world looks are, quite frankly, invisible.

World Looks Way Invisible Shape

Without strenuous preplanning, road food is almost always bad food, sad food, chain food, clown food.

Sad Food Road Bad Without Clown

More than periods where I don't write anything, I have periods where I just write junk and I know I'm writing junk but I can't stop.

Writing Stop Know More Write Where

Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.

Beauty New York City Me World New

If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf. And when you call for help, and that golden calf can't respond, you go under.

Life Gold End View Help You

To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

Me Beyond Always Existing Any

I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience.

Experience Football Walls School Me

Americans don't have deep gastronomic roots. They wanted to get away from the cultures of Europe or wherever they came from. We stirred up that melting pot pretty quickly.

Roots Deep Cultures Europe Up Get

I knew I would be an actor since I was seven or eight.

William McNamara

Actor Would Seven Knew Eight Since

We progress by leaps and bounds technologically, medically - we can live longer, we can... but you know, in the year 1230, they knew as much as we know now about the human heart.

Live Heart Progress Year You Know

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