Earl Scruggs Quotes
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When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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I really am a cockeyed optimist.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.
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Love, and do what you like.
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Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
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The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.
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I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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Because God is in control and will redeem all things, I can be calm, bold, and gracious as I share the gospel.
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I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
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I find it difficult to turn down an entrepreneur who's both passionate and knowledgeable about their space.
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What can I do if everyone from the president to a junior bureaucrat is dying to convict me. If I am such a criminal, what was I doing outside jail before my marriage to Benazir?
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I like drums, really, if they're under control.
