Irish - Author | August 19, 1930 - July 19, 2009
O'Casey was writing about people in the streets and his mother and dying babies and poverty. So that astounded me because I thought you could only write about English matters.
Frank McCourt
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If I had millions and millions and millions of dollars, I'd leave a large portion to the 42nd Street library. That's why - that was my hangout, the reading rooms, the North and South reading rooms. I'd go there, and my God, I couldn't believe I had access to all of these books. That was my university.
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St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.
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When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all.
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I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.
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I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.
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I'm a late bloomer.
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At 66, you're supposed to die or get hemorrhoids.
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I certainly couldn't have written 'Angela's Ashes' when my mother was alive, because she would have been ashamed.
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For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.
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A funeral was a great form of entertainment. A wake was a great form of entertainment.
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Ireland, once you live there, you're seduced by it.
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