Fred Frith Quotes
And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music, Downtown - it ends up being a struggle to stay out of debates that other people are having around you.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I don't think that genius goes hand in hand with being socially inept or being a sociopath or being a misanthrope, but I do think that it is a mind that can think so differently - so beyond how one is supposed to think.
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There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
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We always push the boundaries on the styles we put on a record.
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Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that.
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I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.
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People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about it.
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It's very important that we do show appreciation for those who go to work in raising awareness. You know, Tourette Syndrome is not well known. There's not a lot of government money and research in it. But people are dying inside every day because they're suffering with it, and I think word needs to get out.
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And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music, Downtown - it ends up being a struggle to stay out of debates that other people are having around you.
