Doc Watson Quotes
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better.
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The crazy thing about the dab is like - dance moves, once you create them, they last forever.
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is oil and natural gas. When was the last time anyone bought a Russian computer? A Russian car? A Russian cell phone? Russia is so dependent on high energy prices that if oil falls below $100 a barrel, the Kremlin can't meet payroll.
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I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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I like the fact that some of your favorite Broadway musicals are not made into movies.
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Rich people do not back away from problems, do not avoid problems, and do not complain about problems. Rich people are financial warriors.
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I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?
