Frank McCourt Quotes
A lot of people say writers start losing their powers after 60 or 65. But I look at the best-seller list and see a book by that 14-year-old gymnast, Dominique Moceanu, and I think, 'Now, what's she going to tell the world? And these 25-year-old rock stars, what are they going to tell the world?'
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been about collaboration, and it's been about just playing music with our friends.
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It's precisely because we're people that we have the power to change our own fate. So let's all change together.
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A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.
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Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away". "If you run away", said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny".
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We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.
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A lot of people say writers start losing their powers after 60 or 65. But I look at the best-seller list and see a book by that 14-year-old gymnast, Dominique Moceanu, and I think, 'Now, what's she going to tell the world? And these 25-year-old rock stars, what are they going to tell the world?'
