Malachy McCourt Quotes
They don't allow a dying on the highway. No Passing. They give you a ticket if you die on the highway.
Quotes to Explore
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.
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When we see Him, we will wonder that we ever could have disobeyed Him.
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Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll.
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If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary defeat, for 'they' perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.
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It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it.
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The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call this their point of view.
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Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.
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Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.
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Maybe in that earlier phase I was painting the woman in me. Art isn't a wholly masculine occupation, you know.
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Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.
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I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.
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My psychoanalysis has equipped you with the equivalent of a train ticket to recovery. It is now your decision whether or not you choose to make full use of it.
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I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.
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John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: "I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.
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I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a real person - is quite an interesting thing. You're seeing all of your friends doing amazing things and you're just there, in a void, feeling a bit stupid. I wouldn't be able to say what I'd have been like without it, but maybe I'd be incredibly high-powered and successful. It also forced me to spend most of my time in my imagination.
