Frank Deford Quotes
On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.
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My health is fine.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early '70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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Guys play basketball and get hurt, and that's probably the easiest sport on the planet. We're actually fighting every day. We're wrestling; we're grappling.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.
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John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans.
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I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.
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I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'
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As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.
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Without a good cultural policy, without adequate help, we will always have individualists, shooting stars who are rapidly forgotten or who stop painting for a more profitable occupation.
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Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
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The way I stand up to bullies is with kindness and love. Because I think that's what they really need. They're misunderstood and probably really upset themselves.
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Julian Mack has had two straight games playing much more actively.
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On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.
