Frank Zappa Quotes
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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I wanted to greet people in Telugu, so I asked someone how to say 'How are you' in Telugu. In fact, I instructed my entire staff to speak to me only in Telugu. So, there were times when I would ask them to translate certain words for me in Hindi, but the effort paid off.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.
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I am just an artiste, and I like to explore new avenues.
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I'm not surprised by hardly anything anymore.
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With a bright-red party lipstick, just go with lots of mascara and keep everything else clean.
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.
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If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.
Garry Kasparov -
It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted.
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Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
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The Amendment nullifies sophisticated as well as simple-minded modes of discrimination.
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There is something in Shanghai that is very exciting and alive - the idea of a city with two different souls, one from today and another from a long time ago, is amazing.
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I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.
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Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals.
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Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.
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As a young girl, I definitely struggled with knowing what to do with my hair. I was just in a neighborhood that had mostly white people, and the hair norm was long and sleek and straight. My hair naturally was curly, and I didn't have that many references.
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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
