John Anthony Frusciante Quotes
It's about the music, it's not about just showing people what you can do with a piece of wood with strings on it
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.'
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When I entered into office mid-recession, my No. 1 focus was Utah's economy. We set bold goals, and we've built one of the best-performing economies in the nation.
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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There's no single company in the whole world that has a big-scale production base and at the same time has screening and distribution channels. Wanda Group is the first one in the world.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.
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What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
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I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it?
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To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible.
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I definitely pay attention to details. I think one of the hardest things about making a movie is that it can be scrutinized over and over again. If anything just isn't right, it's going to take you out of the film.
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It's about the music, it's not about just showing people what you can do with a piece of wood with strings on it
