Malachy McCourt Quotes
Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.
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I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
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I don't consider myself a celebrity. That would be kind of sad.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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People should not judge me on what they hear. Let them wait and see me in action. Then they will see how I serve my people.
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Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did - bronze, silver or gold.
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I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
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Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.
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So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.
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It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
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I was aware that the loosening of mortgage credit terms for subprime borrowers increased financial risk. But I believed then, as now, that the benefits of broadened home ownership are worth the risk.
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I quite like doing laundry. I find it quite like relaxing.
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'Power' has definitely been an immense stepping stone for me. It's opened up doors that I could only have dreamed of.
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Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath.
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The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.
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Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can discover all horrors of the adult world. They know very early on that the world is sometimes a very dark, difficult and complex place, and the literature they read must reflect that. Otherwise we're just entertaining them to pass the time.
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But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.
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Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.
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The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.
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Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.
