Frank Deford Quotes
In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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There are several authors who are also lawyers - and not only the ones who write legal thrillers. There are other attorneys who write romantic fiction, and I know of at least one who writes young adult books.
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The alternative to independence is decline, because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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When you have more people investing in VR games, whether it's us or Sony or someone else, that means a greater pool of VR developers out there who know how to make VR games.
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Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right.
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Every day, members of the LGBTQ community deal with challenges that most Americans will never have to face. These challenges appear in the workplace, in your homes, in your community, and even in the halls of Congress.
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Forever, it was just soccer - passion, life, love. Then I got married, and I had to transfer some of my energy. I want to be my best for my country, but I also made a really big promise and choice to be the best in my marriage. That has not always been the easiest thing to manage.
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I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.
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When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out and fulfill all these obligations, so I should be able to choose which ones I do or not. That's the part of my life where I feel most in control.
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A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.
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If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.
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The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also guided me artistically.
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It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.
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I suspect that over time we will rely increasingly, or take notice at least increasingly, on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues. Doing so may not only enrich our own country's decisions, I think it may create that all important good impression.
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My parents worked in the film industry, but they both worked behind the camera, so I like to think that I have a really good understanding of how all the parts of the puzzle come together to make a film or TV show.
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A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions.
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In the television era, the second week of the Olympics is reserved for what is considered the marquee event: track and field.
