Frank McCourt Quotes
You don't have to go fight bulls in Spain like Hemingway to write something great, or go off to war. It's right under your nose.

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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
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I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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There's a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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My favorite way to do business is the Landmark Education Forum.
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I am one of the lucky North Koreans who made it out of China. North Korean defectors in the country are terrified of trying to leave because they are often caught at the borders as they attempt to cross into Mongolia or Laos.
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I don't really have time to babysit my twin cousins. And, well, I actually have my own babysitter sometimes.
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You don't have to go fight bulls in Spain like Hemingway to write something great, or go off to war. It's right under your nose.