Frank Deford Quotes
More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of power forward is in the process of going the way of short shorts.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.
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I admit that when challenging times first surface, it's not first instinct to do a happy dance. But when you take time to pause and add insight to injury, you will immediately start to feel empowered to make those majorly needed life shifts.
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.
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We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
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I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.
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I'd like there to be less refugees. I'd like all girls to go to school. That's what we need to be thinking about, and working on making our own families good and strong and our own kids happy.
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When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I think the show looks beautiful, and all the actors are doing a great job. It's a tangled web they've created thus far. It's great.
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It is a shame to confess but among all living creatures only man doesn't know what is useful for him.
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More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of power forward is in the process of going the way of short shorts.
