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As the lawyer, I found most of it was a matter of research, which I was great at - that's what I did to death - and then basically persuading people that you're right, and they're wrong... I found that the easiest of all the professions to impersonate.
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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.
Frank Abagnale
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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.
Frank Abagnale -
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.
Frank Abagnale -
If you tell me your name and date of birth, that's all I need to steal your identity.
Frank Abagnale -
It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals.
Frank Abagnale -
People have found very significant and simple ways to cheat their employer and get money out of their employers, and many companies lack good internal controls.
Frank Abagnale -
I learned early that class is universally admired.
Frank Abagnale
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People care about others in their immediate network.
Frank Abagnale -
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
Frank Abagnale -
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.
Frank Abagnale -
While I was on an undercover assignment in Texas, I met my wife, Kelly.
Frank Abagnale -
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.
Frank Abagnale -
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.
Frank Abagnale
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We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.
Frank Abagnale -
Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.
Frank Abagnale -
You should know, whether you live in the U.S. or in the U.K., that your identity has already been stolen.
Frank Abagnale -
I use a credit card for everything - and I choose one of the ones which gives you money back.
Frank Abagnale -
A lot of people say I was brilliant. I wasn't. I was an opportunist: a young entrepreneur who saw things and took advantage.
Frank Abagnale -
I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches.
Frank Abagnale
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I went from 198 pounds to 109 while I was in prison in France, and I had to tie my clothes on with rope.
Frank Abagnale -
I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did.
Frank Abagnale -
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.
Frank Abagnale -
I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.
Frank Abagnale