James Brown Quotes
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You're like a dull knife, it just ain't cutting.
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It's a Man's Man's Man's World
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For goodness sake, look at those cakes.
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I want to say to you: Help yourself, so you can help someone else.
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You can't teach others if you are living the same way.
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I just thank God for all of the blessings.
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In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle.
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I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!
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Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.
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Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.
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My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a two and up." We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.
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My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.
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Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.
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I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
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I've got soul and I'm super bad.
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You got to use what you got to get just what you want.
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You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.
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What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.
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I'm twice as old, but I feel good.
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Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all.
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Money won't change you, but time will take you out.
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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
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Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.
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I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
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Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.
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Papa didn't cuss, he didn't raise a whole lot of fuss. But when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us.
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I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them.
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Everybody over there, get on up. Everybody out there, get into it. Everybody right there, get involved.
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Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.
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I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper.
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