Frank Quotes - Page 25

• Scientists believe they may have discovered a primitive form of life on Jupiter's moon Europa. That primitive form of life? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.

  Norm MacDonald

  Believe, Moon, Jupiter

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• People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.

  Robert Wyatt

  Song, People, Knows

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• Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2008 Canadian CEO of the year, Frank DAngelo.

  Terence Corcoran

  Years, Giving, Gentleman

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• I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Thinking, Hocus Pocus, Heard

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.104, Penguin

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• There's a marvelous and unique man named Frank Gilroy. He's the only writer I know who absolutely, pointedly refuses to do any changes that he doesn't feel are absolutely essential and totally in keeping with his own view and perspective. But not too many writers are that independent and that strong-willed.

  Rod Serling

  Strong, Independent, Unique

  Source: www.rodserling.com

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• Frank Sinatra said this great thing, that singing isn't about singing in tune, or great technical singing. It's about making people believe in the story you're telling.

  Marc Almond

  Believe, People, Singing

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Pop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett for their big hits. You know, most of the budget for the record companies in those days went to the classical department - and those were big budget albums.

  Tony Visconti

  Albums, Records, Ignored

  "Sound & Vision: Tony Visconti". Interview with Allyson Mccabe, therumpus.net. January 4, 2016.

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• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another crisis, we need to do what we should have done years ago - reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We also need to repeal Dodd-Frank, the Democrats' failed solution. Under Dodd-Frank, 10 banks too big to fail have become five banks too big to fail. Thousands of community banks have gone out of business.

  Carly Fiorina

  Two, Government, Order

  "Carly Fiorina Answers 12 Christian Post Questions for Every Presidential Candidate". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs. A Frank Sinatra album sets a certain mood, just as a Clash record sets another.

  Mark Hoppus

  Song, People, Albums

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been a composer. But being a composer is not something you can't help.

  Gail Zappa

  Brain, Criminals, Details

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.

  Gail Zappa

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Information

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I am running for president as a Democrat. And if elected, not only do I hope to bring forth a major change in national priorities, but let me be frank, I do want to see major changes in the Democratic Party.

  Bernie Sanders

  Running, Party, Priorities

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• We now have power under the Dodd-Frank legislation to break up banks. And I've said I will use that power if they pose a systemic risk.

  Hillary Clinton

  Risk, Dodd Frank, Use

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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• We've got to be prepared to stop these guys if they ever try to use their economic power once again, to hurt the economy, and to hurt so many Americans. And my plan, Paul Krugman, Barney Frank, a lot of experts who understand what the new challenges might be, have said I am exactly on point, and the Wall Street guys actually know that.

  Hillary Clinton

  Hurt, Wall, Guy

  "Transcript of the Democratic Presidential Debate". www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

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• Gucci Mane is trap rap's Frank Sinatra.

  Harmony Korine

  Rap, Gucci, Traps

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. March 21, 2013.

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• I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.

  Frankie Cosmos

  New York, Writing, Trying

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Someone asked me the other day, 'Do you get upset when people say you are the young Frank Sinatra?' It doesn't upset me. It is a huge compliment, but it is false.

  Michael Buble

  People, Upset, Compliment

  "Patiences pays off for Michael Buble". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. May 26, 2007.

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• If Frank Sinatra is singing, maybe everything will go good.

  Chris Isaak

  Singing, Ifs

  "Chris Isaak Pays Tribute To Sun Studio's Golden Years". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 27, 2011.

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• I've never heard of any one single artist being the subject in an ongoing series of radio programs for decades. Bearing this in mind, that's the kind of thing Frank Sinatra brings out in his audience, his followers. It's personally satisfying to me because his music by and large was the greatest quality of lyrics, melody, orchestration and, of course, his magnificent approach to telling a story.

  Frank Sinatra, Jr.

  Artist, Mind, Quality

  Source: www.news-journalonline.com

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• There was a time in medieval England when they had wandering minstrels ... A wandering minstrel would have been Frank Sinatra's counterpart had he lived during the time of Henry II in 1190 or 1180.

  Frank Sinatra, Jr.

  England, Medieval, Minstrels

  Source: www.news-journalonline.com

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• I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of all kinds moves me.

  Idara Victor

  Coffee, Moving, Wrestling

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• I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore.

  Maurice Sendak

  Reading, Book, Men

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• I think it's extremely valuable for us to be able to have a conversation in more than one dialect, speaking to more than one demographic here, finding our common ground, and having a very frank discussion about race, for one thing, which is where he is most hard-hitting, race, and the issues of human rights.

  Jill Stein

  Thinking, Rights, Race

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We have good personal relationship with President Obama, our relations are quite frank and business-like. And this is quite enough to do our job.

  Vladimir Putin

  Jobs, President, Good Person

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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• Aside from women, I don't know. My work doesn't function the way Robert Frank's did.

  Garry Winogrand

  Way, Function, Knows

  Source: www.americansuburbx.com

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