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!
FRANK ZAPPAThe 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.
More Frank Zappa Quotes
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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
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All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control
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I don’t want to see any religious people in public office because they’re working for another boss.
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There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
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Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
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The richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich. That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.
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I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.
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If you pick up a guitar and it says, ‘take me, I’m yours,’ then that’s the one for you.
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A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.
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Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.
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One size does not fit all.
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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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The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.
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A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.
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Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.
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