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I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.
Evel Knievel
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Evel Knievel
Age: 69 †
Born: 1938
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: November 30
Actor
Daredevil
Entertainer
Film Actor
Motorcycle Rider
Painter
Stunt Performer
Butte
Montana
Robert Craig Knievel
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But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.
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When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
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If you fall during your life it doesn't matter because you're never a failure if you try to get up.
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A man can fall many times in life, but he's never a failure until he refuses to get back up.
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No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!
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I think these shows with the young kids doing these jumps, doing these fantastic back flips, I think they're absolutely great. They did what I never did.
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Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things.
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