Frank Shorter Quotes
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.
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I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.
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Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.
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Make your work deeper and better than those before you, and eventually someone will notice. If you don't think the work is better than what you've seen, then go back until it is.
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And I think that it's - the military has actually made improvements, so people are considering post-traumatic stress disorder as, at the least, a possible psychological problem. You know, when I was in Vietnam, it was just considered malingering. And we're making progress.
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Bullies generally were bullied and are hurting inside much more than you could ever imagine.
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There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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Eating at regular intervals in small amounts and not starving yourself is the key to maintaining your figures.
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My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist in pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father at a fete in Aix-en-Provence; He was disguised as a Russian cadet in the employ of the Axis.
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I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope. Because I don't think I've ever read a YA book that feels completely hopeless at the end.
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Unless a piece really said something, I had no interest in it. I have got to know that I have served some purpose here.
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I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.
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Hills are speedwork in disguise.
