- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
King Quotes
Words fit for a crown, from throne to everyday life.
This page gathers king quotes that move well beyond palace walls - comparing a monarch's day to the arc of the sun, and framing actors as hidden wizards and kings. For more in this vein, see our Shayari collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions.
- Distribute
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes; my brother Bobby used to distribute records at King Records. I had a job there, too, packing records up and shipping them off. But I always wanted to play sessions at Stax, so I figured out a way to do it.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, 'Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?'
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is a South African actor who danced in broadway musicals for 'Lion King.'
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'
- Birthday
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- Nov 07, 2020
I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020