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The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Experience Limit Never Same Sky Twice You

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You sail into the harbor, and Staten Island is on your left, and then you see the Statue of Liberty. This is what everyone in the world has dreams of when they think about New York. And I thought, 'My God, I'm in Heaven. I'll be dancing down Fifth Avenue like Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers.'

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: About Astaire Avenue Dancing Down Dreams Everyone Fifth Fred Fred Astaire Ginger God Harbor Heaven Island Left Liberty Like New New York Rogers Sail See Statue Statue Of Liberty Then Think Thought World York You Your

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Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Glow Happiness Hard Just Recall

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Every life is a mystery. There is nobody whose life is normal and boring.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Boring Every Life Life Is A Mystery Nobody Normal Whose

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You look at passers-by in Rome and think, 'Do they know what they have here?' You can say the same about Philadelphia. Do people know what went on here?

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: About Here Know Look People Philadelphia Rome Same Say Think You

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The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Good Good Memory Key Life Memory

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Even when I went to the Lion's Head in the Village, where all you journalists would hang out, I was always peripheral. I was never really part of anything except the classroom. That's where I belonged.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Always Anything Belonged Classroom Even Except Hang Head Journalists Lion Never Out Part Peripheral Really Village Where Would You

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I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Admire As Far As Certain Church Concerned Despicable Far Go God Help Institution Nuns Off Own Priests Think Who Work I Think

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I had moments with my father that were exquisite - the stories he told me about Cuchulain, the mythological Irish warrior, are still magical to me.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: About Exquisite Father Had He Irish Magical Me Moments Still Stories Warrior Were

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I'm always a great student of writers' work habits. Balzac sat at his desk dressed in a monk's robe, and he always had to have a rotten apple on his desk. The smell of the apple inspired him somehow.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Always Apple Desk Dressed Great Habits Had He Him His Inspired Monk Robe Rotten Sat Smell Somehow Student Work Writers

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: August 19th, 1930

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