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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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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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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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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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 was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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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 never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good.
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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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Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work.
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As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.
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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.
