Frank Abagnale Quotes
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Most people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but when I look back at my life, I don't think very much about those years. I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life.
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While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly.
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When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What's amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print.
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The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a little bit smarter and there's nothing wrong with being skeptical. We live in a time when if you make it easy for someone to steal from you, someone will.
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I partied in every capital in Europe, basked on all the famous beaches, and good-timed it in South America, the South Seas, the Orient, and the more palatable portions of Africa.
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People care about others in their immediate network.
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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.
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I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank's money, not yours.
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You have to believe in what you do. Take something you truly believe in and go about it in an honest way.
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It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals.
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You have to be very limited in who you give your social security number to.
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I went to the library and learned how checks work. I found out that routing numbers are like zip codes: the checks are sent to the bank that correlates to the routing number. If I manipulate those numbers to a bank far away, it would take longer to get back to the bank, which gave me more time to write more bad checks.
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I learned early that class is universally admired.
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At the FBI, very rarely do they investigate crime under $100,000.
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The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.
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We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.
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I was very blessed it was Steven Spielberg who made the movie. He was very much into the redemption side of the story. They asked him in an interview why he had owned the rights to this story for 20 years before he made the movie, and he said, 'I wanted to see what the real Frank Abagnale did with his life before I immortalised him on film.'
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I use a credit card for everything - and I choose one of the ones which gives you money back.
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By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce.
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Too many of us are vulnerable, and I look forward to working with AARP to advise people about the safest ways to conduct their financial transactions and manage social media.
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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 people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'
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If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity.
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Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.