Frank Deford Quotes
It's fascinating, isn't it, that whereas so many of our statues have been of military leaders, now it may well be sports stars who are the ones more likely to be so honored.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.
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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
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Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.
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I am primarily concerned with the condition of man.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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I do read movie blogs. I think what's really interesting - Probably everyone says this, but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it?
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the deduction reason makes. But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
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Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture.
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When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.
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It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.
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It's fascinating, isn't it, that whereas so many of our statues have been of military leaders, now it may well be sports stars who are the ones more likely to be so honored.
