Frank Zappa Quotes
The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich.… That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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Major global institutions need to harvest clean tech knowledge wherever it can be found and integrate it into their major export systems.
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Unless one believes in a superhuman reason which directs evolution, one is bound to believe in a reason inherent in humanity, a motive power transcending that of each separate people, just as the power of the organism transcends that of the organ. This reason increases in proportion as the unity of mankind becomes established.
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I don't speak to my brother every week - doesn't mean I don't love him.
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The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.
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I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
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The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich.… That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.
