Frank McCourt Quotes
I wanted to avoid all that literary stuff. I didn't want the self pity of 'The Portrait,' all the moaning and the whingeing. I'm not knocking Joyce: we all owe him a debt. He's the one who made so much possible.
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We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'
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In the Gulf region and nationwide, small businesses are an integral and crucial part of local economies and communities. They should not be overlooked.
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When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
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Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.
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Stepping away from Fun. was both exciting and terrifying.
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The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them.
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One year's poor form remains a blip but if it happens next year, you can say it's a trend.
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Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.
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I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.
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It is not a disaster to discover that you are not the person you assumed you were. To the contrary, it is the beginning of the end of disaster. Experiment: How you feel if you were neither a success or failure in life? How would you feel if you were neither popular nor unwanted?
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There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
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I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.
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You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.
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I hope that this [hacking] does not continue to be viewed purely through a partisan lens.I think there are Republicans as well as Democrats who are concerned about this.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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Sometimes you realize that life isn't defined by the good times.
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Especially good spirits might be brought to the Land of Darkness only briefly or not at all.
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I wanted to avoid all that literary stuff. I didn't want the self pity of 'The Portrait,' all the moaning and the whingeing. I'm not knocking Joyce: we all owe him a debt. He's the one who made so much possible.
