Fred Frith Quotes
Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want to use them.
Quotes to Explore
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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I grew up in the sixties watching B.B. King and Tito Puente and Miles Davis and Coltrane, everybody, Marvin Gaye, Jimi. And at the same time, with my left eye I was watching Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Mother Teresa.
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Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.
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This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!
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We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
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I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.
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We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties.
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To be honest, a lot of ride-alongs are not that great. There might be one or two calls on the radio - not a lot - depending on what time you go.
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By being friends with all, we are not alone.
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I thought I had to help people get me, but I don't think they need to be spoon-fed. If you connect with me, that is cool. I don't need the whole world to feel like I am a soul angel.
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Even the most 'Rational' people - the ones who claimed not to have a religion - were just as chauvinistic about their irreligion, sneering at and ostracizing the believers just the way the believers treated nonmembers of their own groups. It's a human universal.
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I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.
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I like the idea of not having to do stuff for the money, and if I want to, I can pick indie projects for the rest of my life and be quite happy doing that.
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When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.
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It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity.
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Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want to use them.
