Frank McCourt Quotes
The part of Limerick we lived in is Georgian, you know, those Georgian houses. You see them in pictures of Dublin.
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If it's hard for Blue America to see Red America as anything other than a bunch of dumb, racist rednecks; it's hard for Red America to recognize that many minorities are legitimately worried about what a Trump presidency means for their family.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
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Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.
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It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something.
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I'm not hard to get along with.
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To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.
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It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.
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J.J. Watt is larger than life and Houston's newest sports hero, in every sense of the word. He is a guy who spends NFL Fridays at high school football games and actively seeks out those in need of his kindness.
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We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.
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I never intended to become a data head. I could never have predicted it would play such an important role in my life. Yet here we are: My Institute on Gender in Media has sponsored the largest amount of research ever done on gender depictions in media, covering a 20-year-plus span.
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In Kolkata is a temple where the deity worshipped is Amitabh Bachchan. The daily aarti is performed to the chanting of the Amitabh Chaleesa. And people still ask, 'Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?'
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If you care about people, then you're willing to act not just with compassion, but you're also willing to act with courage.
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The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.
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Whenever Don Knotts and I were waiting for lighting cues, we would sing hymns in harmony, ... The show depicted Barney as tone deaf, but Don has a beautiful tenor voice.
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The part of Limerick we lived in is Georgian, you know, those Georgian houses. You see them in pictures of Dublin.
