Frank McCourt Quotes
We were below welfare. We begged from people on welfare. My father tried to repair our shoes with pieces of bicycle tires.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's.
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
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There are dedicated actors and there are people now who only stay famous for putting on weight, losing it, then putting it on again.
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The woman and the genius do not work. Up to now, woman has been mankind's supreme luxury. In all those moments when we do our best, we do not work. Work is merely a means to these moments.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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We were below welfare. We begged from people on welfare. My father tried to repair our shoes with pieces of bicycle tires.
