Malachy McCourt Quotes

I kind of miss the old sleazy Times Square, in a way. And yet I don't mind not being accosted by all sorts of strange people.

Malachy McCourt

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• I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.

  

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• I listen to music constantly while writing.

  

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• I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.

  

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• We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.

  

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• Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.

  

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• I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.

  

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• I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

  

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• I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.'

  

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• Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

  

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• We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.

  

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• If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

  

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• I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

  

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• Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.

  

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• I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.

  

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• I know all the books of the Bible.

  

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• I love living in the country, so much so that I'm even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.

  

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• The Internet is manic. It's very strange. I don't think it's healthy. They should outlaw posting comments! It's a bummer to go somewhere to get information or buy tickets and you encounter profanity everywhere you go.

  

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• I kind of miss the old sleazy Times Square, in a way. And yet I don't mind not being accosted by all sorts of strange people.

  

  Malachy McCourt
  • Strange
  • Miss
  • Times Square