John Hunter

John Hunter
animals bad
Most animals are built to withstand one bad year.
glad nobody supported
I am glad the commissioners supported our will. Nobody wanted this.
developed mule
I developed my style by pickin' a lot of cotton, plowin' that ole mule every day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I know where it is; I know where to find it.
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No operation should be carried out unless absolutely necessary . . . nor should a surgeon operate unless he would undergo the same operation himself in similar circumstances, ... The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery.
bugs came dreamed lights seeing
I came from the country, and when I came to the city, I was ridin' high, you know. I was seeing more lights than I ever dreamed to shine in the world. 'Cos where I came from, there wasn't too many lights. Bugs made a lot of light, but after that there wasn't no lights.
cost island planning project species taking
During preliminary planning we wanted to find something that represented the species itself. It will cost $30,000, and the island residents are really taking this project on.
absolutely absurd alcohol anybody consider dangerous good opposed sunday
It's absolutely absurd to even consider voting on Sunday alcohol sales. I am opposed to alcohol period. It doesn't do anybody any good in the long run. It's a dangerous drug.
ahead dying guys helping law poor
In that case, we would go ahead and violate the law, because sometimes the law is wrong. These poor guys are dying out there, and women, and no one is helping them.
bad night
If they didn't have ten fights a night, it was a bad night.
question
set out systematically to question every established process.
coach four knew point saw stress
That's what we stress - four turnovers a game. We saw some things on film and we knew that Coach Wilkins was going to do something with that play at some point in the game.
grow hope likely wiser
Very likely I did, ... I hope I grow wiser every year.
blown hunter john kinda
Well, I don't know how they define that. But they have this Texas blues thing blown kinda out of proportion. I am a Long John Hunter blues, before and after, that's what I am.
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Yeah, I was a local hero. It was great for me, 'cos I had a full house every night all night seven nights a week for five years that I played. The next five years I just played five days a week, but I still had a full house every night.