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If I had millions and millions and millions of dollars, I'd leave a large portion to the 42nd Street library. That's why - that was my hangout, the reading rooms, the North and South reading rooms. I'd go there, and my God, I couldn't believe I had access to all of these books. That was my university.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Access Believe Books Dollars Go God Had Large Leave Library Millions Millions And Millions Millions Of Dollars North Portion Reading Rooms South Street University Why

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I was a houseman, the lowest. I was just above - in the hierarchy of jobs, I was just above the Puerto Rican dishwashers - just above, so I felt superior to them.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Above Felt Hierarchy Jobs Just Lowest Puerto Puerto Rican Rican Superior Them

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St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Bringing Celebrate Ireland Religion Should

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When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Back Childhood How Look Survived Wonder I Wonder

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I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Insignificant Learned Life My Own Own Significance

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I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: About Die Experience Had Humor Irish Sense Sense Of Humor Something Think I Think

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That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Absurdity Going Humor Kept Rather Sense Than Us

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I'm a late bloomer.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Late Late Bloomer

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At 66, you're supposed to die or get hemorrhoids.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Die Get Supposed You

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I just wrote the book and was amazed and astounded that it became a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize. It still hasn't sunk in.

~Frank Mccourt

Topics: Amazed Became Bestseller Book Just Prize Pulitzer Still Sunk Won Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: August 19th, 1930

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