Frank Serpico Quotes

I had gone through a near-death experience, and that gives you an insight into how fleeting life is, and what's important.

Frank Serpico

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeExperienceYouImportantGone

Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little better than you said you would.

Jimmy Dean

BetterYouSaidSayTryLittle

My dad always wanted to sail. They lived on a boat for eight years.

Jeffrey Skoll

SailBoatAlwaysYearsLivedEight

By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size.

Steven Chu

PurposeHappyMovingDesignUnknown

I want to be in the big show, and to be in the big show, you have to practice. I have this attitude now that I'm going to take all the greatness I can. Nothing's going to stop me.

Steven Adler

AttitudeGreatnessPracticeMeYou

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.

Trevor Phillips

BlackTeachersMoreNeedCashExtra

If you get to think of sharing wealth with people who need it and the purposes that need it, it gives a very different sense of satisfaction. I think I can build an institution which is very unlike the Gates' foundation. Gates' foundation is totally project-driven, that will serve a specific purpose and then self-destruct.

Shiv Nadar

PurposePeopleFoundationThinkYou

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

Miguel Indurain

GoodFatherWeatherWaitCalmYou

I'm a champion, and I believe that if you're a champion, you can't be afraid to go out there and test yourself against the greatest challenges.

Jon Jones

YourselfChallengesChampionBelieve

I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing.

Dianne Reeves

DoingEnjoyStopWantGroupJazz

I'm not going to lie: I'm a competitive player. I think there's no point playing football if you're not competitive and you don't want to win games.

Dele Alli

FootballLieWinThinkYouWant

If there is anyone who values free speech, it is a tenured professor!

Anthea Butler

FreeSpeechValuesFree SpeechWho

Before 9/11, al-Qaeda was an organization of global reach.

Peter Bergen

OrganizationReachGlobalBefore

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