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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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 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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.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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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 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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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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I'm just trying to play against ethnicity. I got to play a guy from Louisiana in 'The Pacific' named Merriell Shelton, and now I'm playing Elliot Alderman.
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No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.
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I love sampling, and RZA loves sampling, too.
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I think that when you're an actress, you have to think about what kind of a role model you're going to be. I hope that I'm a good role model for young girls. I'm not going to, if people still want me in their movies, I don't want to be one of these girls who goes around partying every night and is in rehab. I don't want to do that.
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It's unlikely. It's too 'inside.' There would be about 100 people who would be thrilled, but we have to think of the bigger picture.
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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.
