Frank Deford Quotes
The only thing we know for sure about superiority in sports in the United States of America in the 20th century is that Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics teams he led stand alone as the ultimate winners.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
Jack Canfield
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Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
Laura Benanti
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
Hal Borland
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
Imogen Poots
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If you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now can outplay a lot of these guys.
Gary Sheffield
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
Jackie Kennedy
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
Adam Driver
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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!
Kate Beckinsale
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
Gabriel Medina
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True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.
Sadhu Vaswani
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
M. C. Escher
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
Ira Hayes
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
Gavin Newsom
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
Zubin Mehta
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I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
Adam DeVine
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
Adam Cohen
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I think any opportunity you have to be green, whether it's in business or in everyday life, you should take it.
Lauren Conrad
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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don't believe it. I don't believe it for one minute. He hasn't been to one of my shows.
Bette Midler
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology, with all its miraculous machinery, must go.
John Burroughs
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I said that America’s role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.
Barack Obama
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The only thing we know for sure about superiority in sports in the United States of America in the 20th century is that Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics teams he led stand alone as the ultimate winners.
Frank Deford