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" Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown. "

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Getting Married

" You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do. "

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" Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. "