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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Frank Zappa
    “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: music, philosophy, progress
    5472 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: be-yourself, life, self-determination
    3293 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: education, sex
    2687 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: open-mindedness, simile
    1496 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “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.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: music
    989 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: humor-jazz, music
    869 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: frank-zappa, originality, people, weird
    745 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”
    ― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
    tags: music
    716 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”
    ― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
    tags: humor, music, writing
    659 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?'
    Frank Zappa: 'You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: hair, humor, retort
    631 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: stupidity
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    Frank Zappa
    “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.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: education, high-school, self-education
    523 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.”
    ― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
    tags: comedy, drugs
    516 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: freedom-illusion
    454 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.”
    ― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book
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    Frank Zappa
    “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.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: children, religion
    390 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: art, profit
    344 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: music-religion
    314 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: religion
    307 likes

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  • #21
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
    164027 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
    174582 likes

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  • #23
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
    134430 likes

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  • #24
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
    147225 likes

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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
    129346 likes

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    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
    128012 likes

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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
    126098 likes

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  • #28
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
    118207 likes

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  • #29
    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
    108672 likes

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  • #30
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
    101296 likes



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