"We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely."
-Frank McCourt
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"I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food.“
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"Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely."
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"The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher."
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"Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow."
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"The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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