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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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.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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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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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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Men need marriage more than women do. In fact, they need it to survive.
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I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.
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If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!
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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.
