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Frank McCourt Quotes

Worse than the ordinary, miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Childhood Irish Miserable Worse Than

I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

I Am Friends House Launch Thailand

I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.

Fishing Chance Never Hunter Big Got

The 'My Mother the Car' script read like Neil Simon compared to the 'Gilligan's Island' script.

Mother Car Island Like Read Script

You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad '90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.

Morning Me Wine You Bad Find

Men tend to try to struggle to be more rational and reduce things to simplicity more and are more impatient with ambiguity than women are.

Women Struggle Men Simplicity Try

I'm very grateful to my adoptive family. My mother sorted my life out.

Life Family Mother Grateful My Life

Frankly, the idea that we need to be beautiful, if you really think about it, it's odd. But if you can turn it inward and see yourself as beautiful, that's what changes the world.

Beautiful Yourself World Think You

I have a Chamberlain I bought from some surfers in Westwood many years ago. It's an early analog synthesizer; it operates on tape loops. It has 60 voices - everything from galloping horses to owls to rain to every instrument in the orchestra.

Rain Early Orchestra Everything Some

We didn't burn out. We were fresh. So when you go through the 13 shows, that was it until the next time. That way, you went out and did your concerts and things, and you were ready to go again.

Time You Ready Go Burn Way

When I picture England, I picture little gardens and beautiful yards. I don't really like cities; I like to go and see things like that.

Brittany Howard

Beautiful Picture Go See Little

It's so much better to desire than to have.

Better Desire Than Much

I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation and my business interests.

Alonzo Mourning

Family Home Business Game Foundation

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