Frank McCourt Quotes
We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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Like every girl, we don't talk about our surgeries.
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
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These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
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Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll.
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If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of people around Robin Hood, then Robin Hood and his merry men become legends.
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If you think negatively, it's hard to get out of tense moments.
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I think that literature is something that embraces a much larger experience than politics. It's an expression of what is life, of what are all the dimensions of life. But politics is one among others.
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We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people.
