John Anthony Frusciante Quotes
But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
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It's pretty funny to me when I hear people say, 'I write six songs every day,' or, 'I turn out a song a day.' I bet you that's a whole week of bad songs.
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You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.
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The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think.
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A lot of people might think the job of a model isn't necessary anymore, but just like an actor, singer - how they make you feel a certain way - how watching a dancer gives you emotion, models can do the exact same thing to many different people.
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But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.
