Frank McCourt Quotes
He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast.Frank McCourt
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I got no hate in me.
Waris Ahluwalia -
Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
Ted Rall -
Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
Aaron Klein -
Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
Fidel Castro -
The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
Larry Wilmore -
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
J. G. Stedman
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde -
I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
Rachel Nichols -
On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
Oren Peli -
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
Edna St. Vincent Millay -
I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
Lana Turner -
I don't know how anyone could stop working.
Vicki Lawrence
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
Aaron Douglas -
I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
Ted Cruz -
Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
Yahoo Serious -
I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
Dani Shapiro -
My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
Ed Sheeran -
Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
Jackson Browne
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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
Carl Sandburg -
I've a great family, two children to take care of. Then, of course, I do commentary for TV. I do speak about various women's issues around the world - like LGBT, motivational speeches. I have a lot on my plate right now. But eventually, yes, I would like to pass on the knowledge and something that I would like to do.
Martina Navratilova -
Everything we say has metamessages indicating how our words are to be interpreted: Is this a serious statement or a joke? Does it show annoyance or goodwill? Most of the time, metamessages are communicated and interpreted without notice because, as far as anyone can tell, the speaker and the hearer agree on their meaning.
Deborah Tannen -
It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned, I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society.
Alice Paul -
Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.
Tallulah Bankhead -
He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast.
Frank McCourt