Michael Franks Quotes
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When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
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There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.
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I don't believe in the model of pure inspiration. All of my creative work stems from a dialogue with others.
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Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.
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You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality. You don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year.
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I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.
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Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.
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I do love the way the brain looks. I love the way it's shaped.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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I've never detected a correlation between where I am and what I write. I think there could be something subconscious, though. And I can't really speak for my subconscious.
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Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
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Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars, we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world.
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Whenever I explore the land of Yin, I always take one on the chin.
