Frank Deford Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date.
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There are very few actors who are truly good at improvising; that's a real skill.
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A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.
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If you think you're something long enough, eventually, you just turn into it.
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A lot of times, people are ashamed of feeling weak and being rejected - so it's liberating to be able to sing about those things. And it's amazing when other people don't feel alone because they hear it.
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All sorts of famous sports people have been suspended for extended periods.
