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When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.

~Clint Eastwood

Topics: Any Charles Doubt Listen Never Ray Ray Charles Voice Whose You

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I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

~Clint Eastwood

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Charles Darwin and I and you broke off from the family tree from chimpanzees about five million years ago. They're still our closest genetic kin. We share 98.8 percent of the genes. We share more genes with them than zebras do with horses. And we're also their closest cousin. They have more genetic relation to us than to gorillas.

~Colin Camerer

Topics: About Also Broke Charles Closest Cousin Darwin Family Five Genes Genetic Horses Kin Million Million Years More Off Our Percent Relation Share Still Than Them Tree Us Years Years Ago You

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When actors have the opportunity to play a larger-than-life icon - my wife did it with Tina Turner, and Jamie Foxx did it with Ray Charles - you have to make a decision how you go in. What do you start with? Where do you begin?

~Courtney B. Vance

Topics: Actor Begin Charles Decision Did Go How Icon Jamie Make Opportunity Play Ray Ray Charles Start Tina Turner Where Wife You

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I did live through Katrina and also Hurricane Rita, which hit Lake Charles. Interestingly, when Katrina hit, they evacuated and Lake Charles was one of the evacuation destinations. We opened up the civic center of the city to the evacuees and provided them free medical and psychiatric care there.

~Dale Archer

Topics: Also Care Center Charles City Civic Did Evacuation Free Hit Hurricane Interestingly Katrina Lake Live Medical Opened Provided Psychiatric Rita Them Through Up Which

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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.

~Dan Auerbach

Topics: Album Charles Connecting Gotten Hid Inspired Interested Interesting Keep Language More Reading Recorded Solo Songwriting

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I was born in West Plains, and we lived here till I was one. Then my dad needed to get a job, so we moved to the St. Louis area. I lived in St. Charles, on the Missouri River, till I was 15.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Area Born Charles Dad Get Here Job Lived Louis Missouri Moved Needed Plains River St. Louis Then Till West I Was Born

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The town of St. Charles near St. Louis was founded by a trapper named Blanchette. There is a section that's called Frenchtown on historical markers.

~Daniel Woodrell

Topics: Charles Founded Historical Louis Named Near Section St. Louis Town

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Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

~Darius Rucker

Topics: Always Been Big Big Part Charles Life My Life Part Ray Ray Charles

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I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.

~Darius Rucker

Topics: Anytime Charles Class Go He Man Record Work

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