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If I had walked into a dry cleaning store, and I had looked over, and the register drawer was open with money inside, I wouldn't have taken it.
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You get to a point in your life where you go, 'I don't remember what I did.'
Frank Abagnale
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I stole every nickel, dime and dollar and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and bask on all the worlds most famous beaches.
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We should be very concerned: if identity theft is so simple to do, what's to stop me from entering this country and assuming the identity of someone else for the sole purpose of living here illegally for terrorist reasons? That alone would be a concern.
Frank Abagnale -
When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered.
Frank Abagnale -
Had I been older - maybe 25 or 30 - I would have never tried half the things I did because I would have rationalized everything and never did it.
Frank Abagnale -
I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will.
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One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it.
Frank Abagnale
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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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Every form of payment has some risk associated with it.
Frank Abagnale -
The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.
Frank Abagnale -
Mostly, cybercriminals are motivated to commit crime for financial gain.
Frank Abagnale -
At the FBI, very rarely do they investigate crime under $100,000.
Frank Abagnale -
I speak at a lot of universities, and people are always worried about Facebook, and when I explain how to use it properly, they immediately go back and make those changes.
Frank Abagnale
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I was just a guy who ran away from home at 16 because my parents were getting a divorce and the judge was making me choose which parent to live with. I didn't want to make that choice. I ended up in New York City.
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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.'
Frank Abagnale -
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.
Frank Abagnale -
I never use debit cards. I only use credit cards. This way, if someone does get my account number... and charges $1 million, by federal law, my liability is zero.
Frank Abagnale -
I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies.
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Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating.
Frank Abagnale
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We're coming down to an extremely unethical society. Very few colleges offer courses in ethics, and very few companies have a code of conduct or code of ethics.
Frank Abagnale -
If you took a child in London and took their iPhone and took them somewhere else in the country, they'd probably not be able to find their way back. That's a shame.
Frank Abagnale -
When people ask me about being portrayed onscreen by Leonardo DiCaprio, I always say, 'I love it - no matter how old I get, people are going to think that's what I look like.'
Frank Abagnale -
I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences.
Frank Abagnale