Frank Abagnale Quotes
I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences.
Quotes to Explore
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I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
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Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.
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Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.
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The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.
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Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.
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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
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You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.
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Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.
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My motivation for being a good drummer was born out of fear, which, in a way, seems so antithetical to what art should be.
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Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my napkin over the remaining portion. This is what I frequently refer to as a 'food funeral.'
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Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.
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Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is.
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Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.
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I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.
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It is absolutely vital to hold it as lightly as possible - rather as one might pick up a newborn bird.
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I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.
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It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.
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I think if I produced a show I would not want to be part of that production. That's not... I'm not... I mean, I couldn't even sell Boy Scout chocolate bars when I was a kid!
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I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences.
