Frank Zappa Quotes
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I thought of myself as an outsider in a lot of ways as I was growing up. Not in a bad way; more as an observer. I often find myself thinking as an observer of science fiction rather than as a participant.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I look up to Rihanna and Rita Ora. They obviously wear a lot of gold jewelry and have this urban feel to them.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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To me, my recipes are priceless.
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Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
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I would rather be defeated than make capital out of my religion.
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Music for me is something I prefer to keep away form the whole business part of my life. I feel like everything I do, in a way, has some sort of business around it. So with my music I can have my privacy. If people don't have to pay for it then I think they can be a little more open to new ideas.
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On 'Ghost In The Shell,' I'm looking forward more to working with Scarlett Johannson and Rupert Sanders than portraying a lead!
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Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
