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At a horror movie, you can see other people dealing with the scary things. They can bolster you. You can think, 'Okay, if that guy can deal with it, I can deal with it.' There are lessons to be learned there, as opposed to having a frivolous popcorn experience. I think some of this stuff is good for your soul.

~Dan Trachtenberg

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Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the serious stuff that happens inside a classroom and can be measured via multiple choice questions and a No. 2 pencil. 'Play' is frivolous, fun, and worst of all, optional.

~Darell Hammond

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I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.

~David Nicholls

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We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity.

~Dolores O'Riordan

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Fashion is not frivolous.

~Donatella Versace

Topics: Fashion Frivolous

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I'm a designer, and I work very hard at that. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it's frivolous or superficial, but it's not that way at all. It's actually very hard work.

~Donatella Versace

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Some people think fashion is frivolous but it's not... it's just that some ideas come and go quickly, and that's the nature of the language of fashion.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Come Come And Go Fashion Frivolous Go Ideas Just Language Nature People Quickly Some Some People Think

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When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.

~Ellen G. White

Topics: Allowed Although Assemble Choice Christians Conversation Curse Devotion Dishonor Faith Frequently Frivolous God Music People Place Prayer Sing Take Terrible Together Young Young People

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I find awards frivolous. When I began my career, I was told that I deserved an award for a certain performance, but then I couldn't turn up on the day of the show. Then I was told that the award went to someone else. That's when I realised the truth behind it all.

~Emraan Hashmi

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It was widespread that the politics of Tea Party people would be foreign to Ronald Reagan and they would be seen by him as frivolous and uninformed.

~Eugene Jarecki

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