Frank Shorter Quotes
I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well.
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John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.
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There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas.
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.
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We set up a small bitcoin and ethereum mining operation... that miraculously now is actually making a lot of money.
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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
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I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with.
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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
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The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from palling reality - hence, phenomena rather than persons are the logical 'heroes.'
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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
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I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics, pure and simple.
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What I am is what I am. Are you what you are - or what?
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A person is a process, one that leads to death...
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Doubt, if you will, the being who loves you, Woman or dog, but never doubt love itself.
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An arc of crisis stretches along the shores of the Indian Ocean, with fragile social and political structures in a region of vital importance to us threatened with fragmentation. The resulting political chaos could well be filled by elements hostile to our values and sympathetic to our adversaries.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex.
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Don't write your books for people who won't like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write, and don't try to please readers who like something different.
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I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
