Frank Zappa Quotes
There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!
Quotes to Explore
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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I usually sleep just a few hours a night.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.
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It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.
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The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting.
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We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father.
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I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is about sex, and that's fine for me. I'm not saying I don't like it. But I don't think it should be everywhere, where kids are exposed to everything sexual. Because they have to have some innocence; there's just no innocence left.
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There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!
