"You can't ask a guy like me why [I performed]. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ***** not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death."

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Evel Knievel

#Air Quotes #Guy Quotes #Thrill Quotes

“When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.”
“Freedom of speech does not mean that you have to agree with everything that a comedian says, but that comedian should have the freedom to be able to try to make that funny. It's the attempt that I'm trying to defend so hard, no necessarily the execution.”
“Sometimes in my life I feel like a bit of a sorceress who can't totally control all their power. I'm a Libra, so... Libra women are pretty magical.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.”
“Some stories are true that never happened.”
“Fate has a twisted sense of humor.”
“It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.”

Source : "David Bailey: out of his skulls". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2010.
“Women are hard and proud and stubborn-hearted, Their heads being turned with praise and flattery; And that is why their lovers are afraid To tell them a plain story.”

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