Frank McCourt Quotes
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You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.
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I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
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I've found that musical theater is my passion.
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I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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Whether it is a super PAC or not, I have been blessed with wealth, and I think I have responsibility to use it properly.
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I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.
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I was a rapper and a DJ, and if you wanted to be involved in hip-hop, you had to be involved in the sonic, the kinetic and the visual aspects. The visual was graffiti.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
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I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop!
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I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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Something like 'Rust and Bone' would be a dream. Very pared down. 'Orphan Black' is such a challenge. I just need something that isn't as full-on intense as that.
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Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.
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I'm hoping they slow down a little bit with technology, because I'm just trying to keep up.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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I like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you.
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I didn't really like being on television at all.
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Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style.
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.
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One day a week should be set aside for field trips.
