Frank McCourt Quotes

If somebody wants me to speak in, say, Chicago, a limousine picks me up at the door to brings me to the airport. I fly at the front of the plane, and a limousine meets me at the other end to take me to a grand hotel, and usually an envelope is left for me with a per diem, maybe $150-a-day walking around money, and then I go home.

Frank McCourt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Growing up in New York, we lived all around the city depending on our economic circumstance. I also lived in Puerto Rico for a number of years.

Jimmy Smits

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A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.

Matt McGorry

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I certainly would not deny that the Tea Party, the issues that they have looked at are certainly important to me as well... debt and deficit and recognition of the Constitution.

Matt Rosendale

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I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen.

Michael Bisping

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Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

Steven Weinberg

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I own more pairs of Calvin Klein underwear than I can count. At any given time, I probably have 50 to 60 pairs on deck. I travel with an entire suitcase of underwear and t-shirts, and they're all Calvin Klein.

Trey Songz

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Colorado's right next to Utah - you know, Mormon Central.

Trey Parker

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It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.'

Roger Ebert

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My main goal for taking up acting as a profession was to show that sport or MMA teaches you life skills that can be applied to any profession in the world.

Ritika Singh

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My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.

Russell M. Nelson

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I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.

Luke Ford

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I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted.

Dick York

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