Frank Deford Quotes
'… the National Football League needs 'a guardian, not a CEO' to deal with the fact that 'the sport is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel.'
Quotes to Explore
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.
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I love anything that makes you feel empowered. I'm 'bout that - you can't be scared.
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The circus leaves a sweet memory.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.
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Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.
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People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another.
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What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace and egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, and there you have the condition of peace in this world of men.
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Everyone I dated was gay.
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Under national "socialism", there is also only one party. But nothing will come out of this fascist one-party system.
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'… the National Football League needs 'a guardian, not a CEO' to deal with the fact that 'the sport is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel.'
