Frank Ocean Quotes
It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
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I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon.
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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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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
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I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'
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I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.
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If somebody mistreats you, treat 'em good. That kills 'em.
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I believe later in life I'm gonna change my name when I start making the right music.
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Having lost both my parents as a teenager, family is so important to me, and I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. I have four children, and they all became lawyers - as I was myself before I got into music.
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It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.
