Frank Shorter Quotes
So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else.
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All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
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One of my aunties inspires me beause of how easily she shows her emotions, and she isn't ever afraid to cry. My mum, for her work ethic - she might not show her emotions in public very much, but she's a total power woman. My grandma, who watched four of her children die before her, she's a powerhouse.
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There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess?
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No one looks at your hands to see how much they shake when you are interviewed to be a surgeon. The physical skills required are no greater than for writing cursive script. If an operation requires so much skill only a few surgeons can do it, you modify the operation to make it simpler.
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So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.
