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Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Frank Zappa

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Frank Zappa
Age: 52 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 21
Died: 1993
Died: December 4
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Frank Vincent Zappa
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A true Zen saying: Nothing is what I want.
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Catholic girls with tiny little mustaches.
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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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Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.
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Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
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I never have no trouble with my rubber girl.
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If you are home, and you got no place to go, and you want to, just blow yourself up ... Go ahead ... The drugs themselves ... There's a price for doing stuff to yourself.
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Nobody gives a crap if we're great musicians.
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Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn't mean you've reached them.
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My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.
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