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A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.

Frank Zappa

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
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Artist Force Molecule Music Suspect
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
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Branch Entertainment Industry Politics
The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they’re property.
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Kids Positive Property
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.
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Asshole Chemical Compound Drugs People
If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
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College Education Laid Library
Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on.
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Brown Lipstick Make Up
If we can’t be free at least we can be cheap.
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Cheap Freedom
The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it’s going to bother you and then, the worse things get.
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Bother Escape Horrible Inspirational
The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.
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Freedom Illusion Profit
Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.
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Atheist Life Reality
Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.
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Favorite Funny Tabacco Vegetable
We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!
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Adult Fact Freedom Pretend Society
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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Advice Children Happiness Health
I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white.
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Black White
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Architecture Dance Music Writing
Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.
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Dead Funny Jazz Music Smell

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