Frank Shorter Quotes
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a home?
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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'Love Will Keep Us Together' was a combination of three different singing styles - Al Green, the Beach Boys, and Diana Ross. I loved all these people, and I put their singing styles together and wrote that tune.
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Growing up, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were the players I looked up to - and Carlos Tevez when he was at the club.
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Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.
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Without even knowing, a person goes around scattering their heart. That's why if you're with a smiling person, you end up smiling with them.
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You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.
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I was actually going to law school in 1972.
