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Frank McCourt Quotes

You look at passers-by in Rome and think, 'Do they know what they have here?' You can say the same about Philadelphia. Do people know what went on here?

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: irish
Birth: August 19, 1930 - July 19, 2009

Topics

People Think You Look Know Rome

My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.

Jennifer Ehle

Work Live School College Speak Year

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

Jeffrey Donovan

Work I Am Crazy Believe Care Feel

I'm here for the long-term, that's for sure. I think this championship is growing massively. It's only going to get more and more interesting.

Jean-Eric Vergne

Think Interesting Growing More Going

Our touchstones of slavery are 'Song of the South,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'The Birth of a Nation.' It's hard to separate the cinematic quality from the underlying themes. I appreciate the films, but the message was repugnant.

John Ridley

Quality Wind Slavery Song Appreciate

A defining moment takes a long time to get over, if you ever do.

Mick Jones

Time Moment Long You Long Time Over

I grew up watching North American sport - basketball, hockey - so I like it when it's a little bit more energetic, rowdier, heckling either for you or against you. I think it's fun to have that in sport.

Milos Raonic

Fun Basketball Hockey Think American

And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself.

Joshua Slocum

Hope Adventure Story Friends Say

The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon.

Jon Jones

Learning Challenge Walk Yourself You

Before there was a Ronda Rousey, there was a Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg. They finally fought, and we found out who was the baddest woman on the planet, and that was Cris Cyborg. When she hits people, I'm like, 'Whoo!'

Demetrious Johnson

Woman People She Out Planet Like

I love what I do. I work a lot, I work all the time, but I love it.

Brad Goreski

Work Love Time Lot I Love

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

Bob Filner

Children School City Start Head

You know, even big-time academics kind of have groupies. Anyone with any sort of fame. So, like, in your micro-world, or in your niche, you're kind of like a celebrity.

Tucker Max

You Know Fame Kind Celebrity Niche