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I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.


Frank Zappa

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JESSICA SZOHR It was weird for me because I don't want to show up the other team.
A.J. PIERZYNSKI A lot more people notice me. I was at the MGM Grand and someone noticed me out there. It was kind of...
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GREG KURSTIN People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.
RICK WAKEMAN Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.
SCOTT IAN It never got weird enough for me.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The whole set was very intense, ... Lou and Kelli have some weird thing with each other.
MIKE MILLS There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.
ALAIN DE BOTTON I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird.
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LIZZY CAPLAN It was weird leaving the city. Some people were out mowing their lawns.
AMYROSE MARR The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.
NINA BLACKWOOD I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.
ALESSIA CARA My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go '...
ZACK SNYDER It can never, ever, ever get weird enough for me.
JAMES SPADER I was very introverted. I had glasses and was kind of weird. A lot of actors are pretty weird people...
JENNIFER SKY I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.
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ASHLEY CLARK I'm still figuring out why people would want to look at me. Maybe it's generic beauty, but it's weir...
JOSIE MARAN There is nothing wrong with being weird. Anyone who tells you different is only trying to be normal,...
JASON MEDINA My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.
TOM WAITS It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glor...
MIA KIRSHNER All on-set kisses are weird, no matter who it is, especially with people standing around coughing an...
BELLA HEATHCOTE I was able to talk to him in the huddle, and he always practiced hard and he always played hard, ......
ROGER STAUBACH It was really weird but also so much fun. I had such a brilliant time on the set.
RUPERT GRINT I've never dated (casually). Ever. It's kind of weird. I did have a boyfriend in junior high who was...
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BAM MARGERA It was really weird when I heard my voice coming out of a fish.
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JULIA BASKIN It was kind of weird because eventually they were all so busy hating each other, they forgot about h...
JENNIFER BROWN I love horror role-playing games. I like to be as freaked out as possible. Does that make me weird?
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CALIBAN DARKLOCK I just thought it was really weird that we had never done a talent show before.
KIRBY KILLEN My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff.
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MJ CHRISTINE The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day...
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CASEY BLAKE It was really weird. We called over there and, sure enough, the woman over there said, 'Weather Guar...
JEFFREY THOMAS Fear is a ... it's a weird thing, when you think about it. People are only afraid of other things, t...
DAN WELLS It was (just) me and my little keyboard and my guitar. It was weird.
ALESSANDRO CORTINI People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singe...
KATHLEEN HANNA It was just weird,
JOE TORRE It was jaw-dropping. It was too weird, almost like it was meant to be.
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MARK EDWARDS It was weird because I was pregnant, throughout that so it was weird being a pregnant witch. I was i...
HELENA BONHAM CARTER I don't think it will be weird,
BERNARD DAVIS I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make my...
KAREN GILLAN I was left on cold, starving to loneliness. And now continue calling me weird!!
ARDIT BALISHA It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.
BARKHAD ABDI Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa.
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PENN JILLETTE It was just a weird, eerie feeling in the stadium. It was something I've never felt before.
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UNKNOWN My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
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ANDY RODDICK Be the weirdest little weird in all Weird Town.
GRACE HELBIG Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.
ASAP ROCKY I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.'
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ROSA M. BETANCES It's weird. Weird because it not only happened, it happened to him.
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ZE FRANK I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual ...
ZE FRANK The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
ZE FRANK I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type...
ZE FRANK Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... ...
ZE FRANK A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the senten...
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