#par

Star quality is one of the most difficult things to describe. It emanates from the person, and he may not even understand it himself. It's a quality that separates the star from the rest of us. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#difficult #difficult things #even #himself #may

Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#anything #business #control #disturbing #frustrating

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#compared #dad #dc #elements #halen

Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#deep #deep end #end #felt #him

I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#bike #breakfast #dinner #even #family

Not many people know what their parents sound like having sex. It was noisy. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#know #like #many #noisy #parents

I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#anything #family #i #i am #life

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#borders #pain #separated #suffering

If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#figure #first #first thing #give #hacker

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#direct #direct experience #eating #experience #genuine