Darrell Lance Abbott (Dimebag Darrell) Quotes
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.
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History is replete with ideologies of freedom, justice, liberation of the downtrodden and the exploited, that have been turned against the very people they had mobilised, or that have reproduced the same logic of exclusion and terror toward those whom they claimed to set free.
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
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Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
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I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
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Fear controls you.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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I have learned not to feed the trolls. I just don't respond.
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I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.
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I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set.
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There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment.
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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My dream tour would be like, me, Cole, Drake, Sean, Meek. I think that would be dope, something like that; big venues.
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... There's a joy, To the fond votaries of fame unknown, To hear the still small voice of conscience speak In whisp'ring plaudit to the silent soul.
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One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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Life has no meaning a priori … It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
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People talk about physical fitness, but mental health is equally important. I see people suffering, and their families feel a sense of shame about it, which doesn't help. One needs support and understanding. I am now working on an initiative to create awareness about anxiety and depression and help people.
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I'm not really a music guy.
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I'm into sounds, man.
