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B.B. King Quotes: "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.



B.B. King Quotes: "I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense."

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.




B.B. King Quotes: "I have never understood the Iowa caucus."

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.



B.B. King Quotes: "The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty."

The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.




B.B. King Quotes: "When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing."

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.



B.B. King Quotes: "I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them."

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.



B.B. King Quotes: "Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary and beautiful as the white keys."

Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary and beautiful as the white keys.




B.B. King Quotes: "Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis."

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.



B.B. King Quotes: "We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition."

We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.



B.B. King Quotes: "The world, although well-lighted with fluorescents and incandescent bulbs and neon, is still full of odd dark corners and unsettling nooks and crannies."

The world, although well-lighted with fluorescents and incandescent bulbs and neon, is still full of odd dark corners and unsettling nooks and crannies.



B.B. King Quotes: "Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see."

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.



B.B. King Quotes: "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.




B.B. King Quotes: "We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men."

We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men.



B.B. King Quotes: "We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive."

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.



B.B. King Quotes: "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.



B.B. King Quotes: "I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart."

I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.



B.B. King Quotes: "O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes."

O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.



B.B. King Quotes: "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.



B.B. King Quotes: "We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart."

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.



B.B. King Quotes: "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.



B.B. King Quotes: "Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.



B.B. King Quotes: "The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct."

The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.



B.B. King Quotes: "The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.



B.B. King Quotes: "I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.



B.B. King Quotes: "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.



B.B. King Quotes: "The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers."

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.



B.B. King Quotes: "Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great."

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.



B.B. King Quotes: "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.



B.B. King Quotes: "Time and tide wait for no man."

Time and tide wait for no man.



B.B. King Quotes: "People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives."

People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives.



B.B. King Quotes: "Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.



B.B. King Quotes: "A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make."

A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.



B.B. King Quotes: "May you find your Tower, Roland, and breach it, and may you climb to the top!"

May you find your Tower, Roland, and breach it, and may you climb to the top!



B.B. King Quotes: "I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops."

I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.



B.B. King Quotes: "The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing."

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.



B.B. King Quotes: "There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.



B.B. King Quotes: "The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people"

The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people



B.B. King Quotes: "I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it."

I'm a musician at heart. I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.



B.B. King Quotes: "Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.



B.B. King Quotes: "If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. I'll love your face no matter what it looks like. Because it's yours."

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. I'll love your face no matter what it looks like. Because it's yours.



B.B. King Quotes: "Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it."

Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in it.



B.B. King Quotes: "First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead"

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead



B.B. King Quotes: "Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself."

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.



B.B. King Quotes: "The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle."

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.



B.B. King Quotes: "If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you."

If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun come shining through for you.



B.B. King Quotes: "Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly."

Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.



B.B. King Quotes: "The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible."

The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible.



B.B. King Quotes: "JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever"

JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever



B.B. King Quotes: "You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll."

You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.