Frank McCourt Quotes
For some reason, I wrote about the bed we slept in when I was a kid. It was a half-acre of misery, that bed, sagging in the middle, red hair sticking out of the mattress, the spring gone and the fleas leaping all over the place.Frank McCourt
Quotes to Explore
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Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
Park Shin-hye -
It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
Jack Schwartz -
India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
Manmohan Singh -
That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
Garry Trudeau -
I faced many ups and downs, like any other actor: not getting through auditions or even worse - getting shortlisted and not being selected. Most actors go through the process.
Fatima Sana Shaikh -
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
Pablo Picasso
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I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
Parker Posey -
I believe that everything has a shelf life.
Mahershala Ali -
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
Walter Bagehot -
I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
Ted Williams -
Jason Momoa became a really good friend of ours when he played Khal Drogo. We loved hanging out with Momoa, and suddenly we couldn't bring him to Belfast anymore.
D. B. Weiss -
Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.
Daniel Breaker
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
Patricia Ireland -
I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
Candice Accola -
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Napoleon Hill -
When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe
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'Clone Club' is incredible - probably the best set of fans any show could ever hope for.
Ari Millen -
Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who spend three hours getting dressed. I never understood that. What do you do for the two and a half hours after the half hour it takes you to get ready?
Carolina Herrera -
I come from a working-class background where I was much more likely to read socialist books and leaflets than Bronte or Dickens - neither of whom I've yet read.
Jim Crace -
This is a small, limited experience, but it has enough follow-up to show us that tissue engineering is a viable tool that will allow us to tackle problems of similar magnitude.
Anthony Atala -
At the turn of the twentieth century, board games were becoming increasingly commonplace in middle-class homes. In addition, more and more inventors were discovering that the games were not just a pastime but also a means of communication.
Mary Pilon -
For some reason, I wrote about the bed we slept in when I was a kid. It was a half-acre of misery, that bed, sagging in the middle, red hair sticking out of the mattress, the spring gone and the fleas leaping all over the place.
Frank McCourt