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Frank McCourt Quotes

The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Teacher Experience I Am Interested

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

Funny Great Depression Men People

When you look back at your body of work, no matter what your career path, by the time you hang 'em up, if you can say, 'This place is in better shape than when I started,' then you did good.

Work Good Path Time Better Look

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

Music Passion Acting Living Always

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

Me Just Songs Dissatisfaction Tinker

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.

John James Audubon

Father Mother Me Duty Because Much

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this class division as simply a product or a certain strategy that black movements have developed for liberation.

Black Think Strategy Say Class See

I don't believe in that term 'self-made' - not to be offensive, but I believe everything happens for a reason, every single person you meet. Even if it's one single person giving you advice, that person helped you get to where you're at today.

Today Believe Advice Giving You

Roger Clemens is one of the most wonderful men I've ever known. I loved him very much... still love him to this day. He treated me like a princess.

Love Day Men Me Loved Princess

I've been 35 lbs. heavier than I am now and 25 lbs. thinner than I am now, and both of those times were probably the most miserable times of my life. I'm happier now, because it is about being healthy, not weighing yourself.

Life Yourself I Am My Life Healthy

Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath.

Lorraine Toussaint

Sometimes you hear that many politicians vote for a bill in various forms before they vote against it, or vice versa. The conflict, negotiation, and eventual compromise involved in this process form the essence of the democratic process.

Conflict Compromise Process You Vote

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture.

Good Character Faith Culture Think

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