Malachy McCourt Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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What an extraordinary thing it can be, love, how it will not defined by gender, by sexuality, by race, by religion, by anything. It's something else. It's something other.
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And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
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I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I'm just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.
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I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
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The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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I admire Vegas's purity, its entirely wholesome artificiality.
Colson Whitehead -
Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.
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As women, you have to negotiate your way through a man's world.
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A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.
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As technology breaks down the physical barriers of college campuses, the extraordinary intellectual capital of the educator community is becoming available to anyone committed to learning - regardless of age, income or location.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
