Frank Deford Quotes
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.
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I don't just want to support only Muslim women. I want to inspire women across the board, and I'm hoping they won't allow things to get in the way.
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All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
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I feel good. I think everything went good.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
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It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.
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I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city.
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The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor.
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That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.
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Don't fight forces, use them.
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I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait.
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When we're doing the space walks, we're working very very hard. Every single minute is choreographed. But there's a few minutes here and there where ground is maybe talking about something, and you have to put your tools down and wait. Just getting a chance to look through your visor and see the planet go by was incredible.
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Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.
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The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.
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There's a certain degree of speculation that goes into valuations. In so far as the market supports a valuation, everyone who gets a great one deserves it, but they should also be cautious because that speculation is temporary. I saw Yahoo go from $100 billion to $10 billion. It's not a long-term measure.
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The president's decision yesterday to set into motion the development of the hydrogen bomb... has placed us on the knife-edge of history.
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Bill Russell was the pivot on which the whole sport turned.
