Frank Deford Quotes
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One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
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I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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I certainly have a pretty settled pattern at this point of what I do substantively in terms of reviewing briefs, record materials, cases, etc.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.
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Life is a wildly transient thing with people coming into your life and dropping away. It definitely takes work to maintain relationships.
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There's a lot of head-shaking and forehead-slapping when you start to realize just how deep-seated misogyny can be, how systemic and entrenched certain modes of thinking are that are still very much alive.
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Negotiate with those who wish to talk - and take action against those who create mischief.
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If wishes were stories, beggars would read...
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.
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A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
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Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But as the world, harmoniously confus'd, Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
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Colleges are like old-age homes; except for the fact that more people die in colleges.
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I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.
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I remember you said, ‘The truth should hurt. Truth should knock you on your butt. Lies make it easy to stand.
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I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.
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Majesty is a thing of beauty to behold, whatever the particular enterprise.
