Frankie Cosmos Quotes
I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started writing songs.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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I'm the lightest sleeper. I can hear a pin drop. It's been worse since I was ill. I think your inner ear is always half open, listening out for the faintest danger sign.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.
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A lot of this experimenting and writing and connecting with other people is a very foundational aspect of coming of age, figuring out who I am, presenting information important to me and getting feedback on that. Unfortunately, it's now a process they're going through in public places.
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I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it.
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My parents are both musicians and made sure we all played music. My brothers and sisters all play instruments, so we'll get together whenever we can and play. We play a lot of classical music - you know, the good stuff.
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I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started writing songs.
