Frank Abagnale Quotes
I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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While I have the greatest respect for the Supreme Court's members, I cannot claim familiarity with any particular judicial philosophies the justices might possess.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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Let's just focus on unity and love.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in science and there's no way to get around that.
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I'm suspicious of places that look decorated. I can understand why people do it, but you see too many cushions or a piece of fabric hanging and it's, like, 'Ugh!' A good house with good art will always work, no matter what.
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The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
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I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison.
