Frank McCourt Quotes
Autobiography should be more stringent. It should adhere more to the standards of journalism - assuming that journalism has the truth. The memoir gives you more scope, is more poetic, and allows you to play around with your own life.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.
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The right of all of our citizens to enjoy fair and equal access to housing opportunities is guaranteed by our laws. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to fiercely protecting those rights in order to ensure the quality of life all Americans deserve.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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There's more to life than cheek bones.
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KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.
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I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
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Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums because I can't stand it. It's just stereo. When I write, I write in surround. My life is in surround.
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I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
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Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.
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I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.
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I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you pay for.
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I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.
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In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.
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Autobiography should be more stringent. It should adhere more to the standards of journalism - assuming that journalism has the truth. The memoir gives you more scope, is more poetic, and allows you to play around with your own life.
