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All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.
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
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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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The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.
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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 always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.
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When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
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You're never a failure until you fail to get up.
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I am a lucky, lucky person.
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I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.
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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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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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I did everything by the seat of my pants. That's why I got hurt so much.
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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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I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.
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