Frank Abagnale Quotes
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.
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I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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You have to get in the limelight based on what you do, how creative you are, and not how much money you make.
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Every weekday morning, I picture my first paragraph while I hike with my dog Milo near Mulholland Drive, looking out over the San Fernando Valley. I edit the paragraph, then memorize it, so that when I get back home and sit down at my computer, the blank screen's tyranny lasts only a second or two. A brief reign!
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Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great works inspire greatness. Mediocre or poor works inspire mediocre or poor learning. The great accomplishments of humanity are the key to quality education.
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Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.
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I didn't like taking money from individuals.
