Frank Turner (Francis Edward Turner) Quotes
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If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
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The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.
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Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.
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The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors.
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I love British bands.
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I'm a former insurance regulator. What companies really want and need is some clarity about what the rules are.
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I always try to slip healthy things by my kids. I give them sweet potato French fries and fake chicken nuggets.
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A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.
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I don't believe in holding your tongue, especially if it's something you can directly benefit from or some people need to hear.
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Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.
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I don't believe that lack of intelligence and appreciation for lowbrow comedy go hand-in-hand necessarily.
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I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.
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I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry.
