Darrell Lance Abbott (Dimebag Darrell) Quotes
I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.
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At this late stage in the history of American capitalism I'm not sure I know how much testimony still needs to be presented to establish the relation between profit and theft.
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Show me an alley, show me a train Show me a hobo who sleeps out in the rain And I'll show you a young man With many reasons why There but for fortune, go you or I
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I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.
