Darrell Lance Abbott (Dimebag Darrell) Quotes
Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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I trust no one - that microphone, that book.
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Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
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I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen.
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I think I'm probably quite geeky in a lot of ways. I'm pretty into books, kind of obsessive about that.
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I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there's stuff that goes on that's bush-league. It's laughable.
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If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.
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I wrote 'The Hate U Give' as a short story while I was in college at a mostly white school in conservative Mississippi.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
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We were quickly labeled as an outspoken feminist band, which I'm totally fine with.
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I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.
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I think more dating stuff is scheduling. It's needing people who understand your work schedule.
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After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I feel I have played him well and honorably. I have nothing to prove anymore.'
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A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business, you can provide an experience that leads to individual self-empowerment.
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Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.
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I was not put here to be a background character in someone else's movie!
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We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that.
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I'm particularly proud of my work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation for whom I raised a million dollars in one day on 'Celebrity Apprentice.' They do great work around the world helping deaf children in developing countries get proper attention and free hearing aids.
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I grew up in the grunge era. I've always resisted the idea of being part of a machine, wanting just to be an artist in my own right. But at some point, I just realized shutting things out took more energy than just letting it in.
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No band on 21st-century radio has mined pre-grunge hair-metal's sleaze like L.A.'s Buckcherry. So it makes poetic sense that they'd spend their sixth album tallying all seven deadly sins.
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When I interviewed John McCain in 2000 about whether he had taken medication for his anger, I remember thinking, 'Let's see how this is going to work.'
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I don't want to hide anything - there is nothing to hide.
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As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed.
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Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
