Frank Deford Quotes
I had gone to work for 'Newsweek', left 'Newsweek' and went to work for 'Vanity Fair,' and then went back to 'Newsweek'. I came back to 'SI' as a contract writer.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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I wish I had more time to read. I do love books.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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When I look back now, it must have been like Paris was at the time of Le Sacre du Printemps.
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Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective movie, with Post-it Notes, plans, photographs all stuck on the walls and arrows going everywhere, and it's 4 A.M.
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You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.
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I had gone to work for 'Newsweek', left 'Newsweek' and went to work for 'Vanity Fair,' and then went back to 'Newsweek'. I came back to 'SI' as a contract writer.
