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Frank Zappa Inspirational Quotes (203)

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Our big prize tonight is fifty American dollars to the girl with the most exciting mammalian protuberances.
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I proceeded to take that mitten full of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous circular motion.
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There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.
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In order to deviate successfully, one has to have at least a passing acquaintance with whatever norm one expects to deviate from.
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. . . behind each breakaway movement is a breakaway demagogue who will set up his breakaway demagogue government.
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The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally for other arts: figuratively - because without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins.
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The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on.
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Cocaine decisions that you make today, will mean nothing later on when you get nose decay.
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If you really love guitar, you're going to spend every waking hour stroking the thing.
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You is what you am, a cow don't make ham.
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The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree? Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. You eat this apple, you're going to be as smart as God. We can't have that.
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Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.
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Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech, freedom of religious thought, and the right to due process for composers, performers and retailers are imperiled if the PMRC and the major labels consummate this nasty bargain.
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Journalism is kind of scary and of it we should be wary.
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One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.
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Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.
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Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read.
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Out on a 30 day tour, you got nothing, but groupies and promoters to love you.
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If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
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The last election just laid the foundation of the next 500 years of Dark Ages.
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Scientists believe that the universe is made of hydrogen because they claim it's the most plentiful ingredient. I claim that the most plentiful ingredient is stupidity.
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I write what I like to write. Those who like to listen to it, listen to it. And the ones who don't, watch football and drink beer, jog, go to discos and so forth. I never claimed to be a man for all seasons.
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The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.
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Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.
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