Frank Abagnale Quotes
You should know, whether you live in the U.S. or in the U.K., that your identity has already been stolen.
Quotes to Explore
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The American dream is about freedom.
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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We have to tokenize in order to normalize.
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The properties of the air are such that it may become condensed or rarefied.
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There is a very definite Russian heart in me; that never dies. I think you're born and you live your life with it and you die with it. I'm very much an American - my books tend to be about American things, but inside there's that sort of tortured, long-suffering, aching, constantly analysing Russian soul underneath the happy American exterior.
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Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle.
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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When you live in the South, you're constantly part of the civil rights movement.
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You should know, whether you live in the U.S. or in the U.K., that your identity has already been stolen.
