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So much gets lost in the translation. Even if you sat there listening to it with a microscope, there’s no way you’re gonna find out what it means.

— Frank Zappa

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So much gets lost in the translation. Even if you sat there listening to it with a microscope, there’s no way you’re gonna find out what it means." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Frank Zappa

About Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, composer and satirist.