Captain Beefheart Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
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She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.
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I do believe that Instagram has put a stake in the ground and we're growing more quickly than anyone. Is there something in there we could do to make it a multi-billion dollar business? I think we can figure out something along the way.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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Proficiency in a craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies the prime source of creative imagination. Let us then create a new guild of craftsmen without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist!
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I think 'Heroes of Cosplay' will show a lot of the positive things, like how much effort it takes to make a costume. These people on the show aren't taking shortcuts. As long as that effort gets through to the viewers, we will be inspirational. Then there will be people who watch the show that want to get in and hands-on make outfits.
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
