John Anthony Frusciante Quotes
Artistic expression, sex, and truth are the only things that really matter.
Quotes to Explore
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
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If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
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Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive.
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
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I will say that you can't live your life with any regrets.
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I like to watch retarded people have sex, am I alone?
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The music industry has completely restructured itself in the last couple of years because it hasn't been making money. Labels are signing bands they trust as artistic entities, instead of cash cows. They're signing bands because they believe that the bands have tastes beyond anything they could concoct themselves.
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As time went by we developed a sort of ideology without ever formulating it as such. I've always said that we are documenting the sacred buildings of Calvinism. Calvinism rejects all forms of art and therefore never developed its own architecture. The buildings we photograph originate directly from this purely economical thinking.
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Artistic expression, sex, and truth are the only things that really matter.
