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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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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On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.
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You know, I'm one of millions of undocumented people in this country who are living kind of under the shadows. And in many ways, coming out, it was my way of - at the end of the day, I think we have to tell the truth about this immigration system. And because of that, I had to tell the truth about myself.
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I would say to you, have faith in yourself - believe in what you are doing, and, most important, be a person of integrity. It is totally up to you, and no one else, how your life evolves.
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Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.
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There's always two or three players I like, and why I like them, I can't tell you. There's just something about them I think would be great on a team.
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I always knew I'd get caught sooner or later. And I knew I would end up going to prison.
