Gail Zappa Quotes
I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.
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I think it's such a powerful thing: Words and melodies, and you put them together. I couldn't really picture a world without music. It would be quite boring.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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Our research is so complex that the resources of a single region of the world are no longer enough - both intellectually and economically, it must be a global effort.
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In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspended between hostile forces. He has built his own world, and it is built in his own image: it is his mirror. But now he cannot recognize himself in his inhuman objects, nor in his fellows.
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I would love to do Shakespeare in New York.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,Just like the ones I used to know.
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The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
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I think that overall, the position - on a whole host of issues - should always be toward inclusion and equality.
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I would be the worst person on earth to be called to write an account of someone else's life.
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When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.
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There's no smoke and mirrors here.
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Sometimes people think I'm sort of a Machiavelli who is thinking, 'How can I disarm people? I know: I'll create a persona; I'll get some spectacles, and when I meet you, I'll say, 'How are you doing?' And I will be very unassuming and polite and never get angry.'
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I like working on big budget films.
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Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you.
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Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
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One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
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I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.
