Frank Abagnale Quotes
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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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It's not the winter that bothers me – it's the summers.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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Cricket was my reason for living.
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I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.
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One person I find fascinating is J.Crew's Mickey Drexler. I would love to get into that brain and see how it works.
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What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more.
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If I start working on something, I get a little too driven.
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I am not an 'unplug' person. I like being plugged in.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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How it works for me is that a scene comes to mind, usually a scene between the hero and heroine, that depicts the emotional conflict. From that scene, the characters come alive for me. I don't do a lot of preplanning in any way when I write.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.
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In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.
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I don't do online banking.
