Frank Ocean Quotes
You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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I don't have the kind of style that I feel like would serve any and everyone.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male,or end up being happy because of a male. It's interesting to think about, and it's very true.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.
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Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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The Rolling Stones seemed very loose and wild, but when you read about them, you realize that everything they did is very deliberate.
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In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.
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It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.
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You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time.
