Moon Unit Zappa Quotes
It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Since I was 19, I've always gone where there was a reason to be. Maybe I'll be lucky and there'll be a reason to go somewhere tropical for a while.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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As a mom of three young kids, it's difficult to reserve a big chunk of time for shopping, so I try to get my gifts little by little throughout the year. I think this is especially helpful for those of us who are budget conscious.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.
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I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.
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The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemony between 1870 and 1913 - the first episode of globalization - was made possible, in large part, by military might rather than market forces.
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L.A. is a great place to write because you have a lot of space. I have a big office at home, I can leave the doors open. Flowers bloom all year. But it's unglamorous in all the right ways.
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It is important to understand how leaders have adapted and thought about war and warfare across their careers. 'The Autobiography of General Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs of the Civil War' is perhaps the best war memoir ever written.
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
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Finney is about the best writer of time travel stories ever, and I adore time travel stories - have to make a time travel game someday!
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.
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I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.
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Spur not an unbroken horse; put not your plowshare too deep into new land.
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Jewel-Like the immortal does not boast of its length of years but of the scintillating point of the moment.
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After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: “She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!”
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I am whelmed, and not overly whelmed, just whelmed about a lot of facets in life - just how fragile life is and the different challenges you have in life, phobias about things.
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I was very much influenced by early electro tracks of the 80’s. This is an ode to my influences while keeping production tight and modern. I used a vocoder to disguise my voice and classic Minimoog bass, and Roland TR808 kick drum to get the nice vintage feel.
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It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
