Malachy McCourt Quotes
Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.
Quotes to Explore
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him.
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I love to clean my ears. I've heard that you're not supposed to do it every day, but I throw caution to the wind for some quality time with a strong Q-Tip.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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Free love sounds great.
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I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
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I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high, with these intricate wooden, windowed balconies.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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I love funk and soul and Motown.
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Love, and do what you like.
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If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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There are a lot of folks out there that love the convenience of the Kansas City airport. That's one of the biggest things it's got going for it.
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There is only one way to go: up. I like to find cheap assets with problems. It gives me power.
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Trump is not somebody who`s fit to be president in any circumstances. I would feel deeply frustrated, not because anything he said about me, but because I would fear for the future of our country.
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The first 'D' is to dream: dream big - not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second 'D' is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third 'D' is to do. 'Do' means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.
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Any attack with hostile intent against NATO verification aircraft will have the greatest consequence.
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I train for two reasons. Number one, I love working out, and number two, I want to win. You can't win if you don't train to the best of your ability.
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Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.
