Frank McCourt Quotes

There was a kind of madness in the country. Eamon De Valera, the prime minister, had this vision of an Ireland where we'd all be in some kind of native costume - which doesn't exist - and we'd be dancing at the crossroads, babbling away in Gaelic, going to Mass, everyone virginal and pure.

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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When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Jesse Ventura

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One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great.

Robert Gottlieb

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I like to take my time, and Parisians love to take their time - sleeping in, enjoying sunlit terraces, having long dinners.

Jeanne Damas

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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Socrates

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There's a security, a validity of knowing that it's legal. It's hard to put into words. It's just a feeling, I guess - something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you.

Matt Bomer

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I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me?

Mirai Nagasu

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Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

Joshua Foer

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In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Jonathan Sacks

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I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

Dolly Parton

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As I have conveyed before, ultimately I would like to lead a team's basketball operation and be a part of a successful franchise.

Chauncey Billups

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Everybody goes through a period where you're fighting a lot, I think. Sometimes that can be a good thing for your relationship. That conflict can lead to making up.

Brad Paisley

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I worked with someone who told me they'd never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I started changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.

Ariana Grande

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