Frank McCourt Quotes
When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.
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We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew that he wrote his own music, and he seemed nice, so I found out he was going to be in a practice room, practicing his trumpet. He'd already said he was too busy to hang out or hear any new people or work on any music, so I stalked him.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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North America was ready for something other than a vanilla cooking show and we were providing the double dark chocolate fudge.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American.
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You have to keep the recording process open. If you make too many decisions before you go in, you can lose out on those serendipitous moments that can really make a record, that I think are always required in the making of a really good record.
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I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.
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Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.
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You know, the country is basically peaceful.
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When I was a kid, I was a pretty good runner, and there was nothing like winning a race.
