Frank Zappa Quotes
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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I'm cranky.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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I like that in 'Caprica' the virtual world is a new thing. The parents didn't have that growing up. And it's the same thing about the Internet and all the current technology. It didn't exist like it does now for our parents' generation. Kids aren't relating to their parents anymore, and I just find that so honest.
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I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'
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What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. She's the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So I'm very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And I'm still dazed that she's gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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Only by the sweat of my own brow. I am a totally working man.
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It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well.
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Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.
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What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand.
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To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.
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Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful.
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Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!
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I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.
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I'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do.
