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I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.

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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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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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The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.
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My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place.
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No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!
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I always knew how to draw a crowd.
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If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.
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When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
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I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.
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I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world.
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I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.
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I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.
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I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.
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If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.
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All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.
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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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You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
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Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.
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I'm not a jack of all trades I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.
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The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.
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I am a lucky, lucky person.
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