Frank Zappa Quotes
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The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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In bitter almond oil, like in a great number of other substances that previously had been counted among the 'aromatic compounds' on behalf of their strong smell, a derivative of benzene is present. The special properties of benzene and its derivatives are caused by the typical arrangement of their carbon atoms.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.
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Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.
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What America needs is not just another politician or more promises. What America needs is a revival.
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Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
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America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
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I can talk a lot and not reveal anything; I would make a great politician.
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My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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My blood runs cold when I hear the 'great news' that we have found a marker for the Down's syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily. Why is that good news? It's only good news if you're going to terminate.
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But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
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There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research screenings all over, in London and America and Australia, and the results were ridiculous, and the crowds were... they just loved the movie, so for me, my job is done.
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Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the chalklands, and next to them those of limestone. The chalk first, for it furnished man with flints, and the limestone next when he had learned to barter.
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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Blacks who lack a proper killing rage are merely victims.
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I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
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I'm not as funny as Chandler is. Because Chandler has thirty people writing for him.
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Meaningless combinations of words do not suddenly acquire meaning simply because we prefix to them the two other words ' God can'.
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Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance; it's what makes America great!
