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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Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie - but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band.
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I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself.
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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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A nation is blessed when it has godly leaders.
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In 1990, about 1 percent of American corporate profits were taken in tax havens like the Cayman Islands. By 2002, it was up to 17 percent, and it'll be up to 20-25 percent very quickly. It's a major problem. Fundamentally, we have a tax system designed for a national, industrial, wage economy, which is what we had in the early 1900s. We now live in a global, asset-based, services world. And we need to have a tax system that follows the economic order or it's going to interfere with economic growth, it's going to reduce people's incomes, and it's going to damage the US.
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Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.
