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Frank McCourt Quotes

Frank McCourt quotes

Irish Author August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009

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The boys from Staten Island would fill more body bags than Stuyvesant could ever imagine. Mechanics and plumbers had to fight while college students shook indignant fists, fornicated in the fields of Woodstock and sat in. Frank McCourt
There are so many ways of saying Hi. Hiss it, trill it, bark it, sing it, bellow it, laugh it, cough it. A simple stroll in the hallway calls for paragraphs, sentences in your head, decisions galore. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American..."
Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American teenagers? Ignorance. That's where I got the nerve. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age,..."
You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in..."
Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. Frank McCourt
In New York, with Prohibition in full swing, he thought he had died and gone o hell for his sins. Then he discovered speakeasies and he rejoiced. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough..."
Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him. Frank McCourt
I'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for me to just crawl out of it, like a snake leaving his skin behind. Frank McCourt
I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice."
The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "I am for who i was in the beginning but now is present and i..."
I am for who i was in the beginning but now is present and i exist in the future. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "After a full belly all is poetry."
After a full belly all is poetry. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so."
I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so. Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt quote: "I'm more interested in writing than in performing."
I'm more interested in writing than in performing. Frank McCourt
It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen Frank McCourt

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