Frank Abagnale Quotes
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference.
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Je crois qu'il faut presque toujours un coup de folie pour bâtir un destin.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
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We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.
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I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.
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People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.
