Frank A. Clark Quotes
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history.
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I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
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I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
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I'm always writing. A friend of mine once said, 'You avoid re-writing by writing.' Which is kind of a good point, because re-writing seems to be mostly about craft, and writing is just, like, getting out your passion on a piece of paper.
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I can use most of the tools that every American teenager can master. Maybe not all of them.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.
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I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
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You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
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I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.
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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
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A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That's harder than it sounds.
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You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.
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There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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Most smiles are started by another smile.
