Frank Deford Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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 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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Don't fight forces, use them.
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I have no mockings or arguments; I witness and wait.
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Good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expence of carriage, put the remote parts of the country more nearly upon a level with with those of the neighbourhood of the town. They are upon that the greatest of all improvements.
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It's important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things... The Earth is the measure of all things.
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I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.
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I would rather burn out than rust out.
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You'd think it would be easier for writers to make a living, but it's not. Fortunately, I love to teach.
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I don't understand the interweb.
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We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.
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Bill Russell was the pivot on which the whole sport turned.
