"First of all there is always that artistic……" — Frank McCourt
"First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family."
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57 Quotes by Frank McCourt
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The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.
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If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying…
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Love her as in childhood Through feeble, old and grey. For you’ll never miss a mother’s love Till she’s buried…
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It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.
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He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and…
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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…
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People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version:…
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I can't go back. The past won't go away in this family...
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