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 love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.
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Before I did comedy, I'd freestyle with all of my friends. In high school and into college, I recorded songs with my friends, not to perform but just to play for them. So I've had interest in music for a while. Early on, I'd host a lot of music open nights or hip-hop nights, so a lot of my early experience performing was around music.
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I always looked up to great actors and great films. A lot of my family would be like, 'Come on, you should get into these plays that are going on.' I'm like, 'Nah, nah, music's my thing.' I just fell into it. I moved to Atlanta, got with an agency out there, started doing little voiceover commercials, and it started getting kind of fun.
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For Aldo to say he is the king and I am the joker, if this was a different time, I would invade his favela on horseback and kill anyone that was not fit to work. But we are in a new time. So I'll whoop his ass in July.
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Every so often, you have to do a show that makes you walk to your car with your head down, wondering what you're doing with your life. It's good for you, as long as you're not feeling that way every night.
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Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
