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I would just circle around certain incidents, like a vulture with carrion, until it yielded up some incident in my childhood, especially the religious stuff: the sacraments, the First Communion, and Confession, and Confirmation, and all of those turning points in the life of a little Irish Catholic boy. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I would just circle around certain incidents, like a vulture with carrion, until it yielded up some incident in my childhood, especially the religious stuff: the sacraments, the First Communion, and Confession, and Confirmation, and all of those turning points in the life of a little Irish Catholic boy.

It's not just Catholic versus Protestant any more. I read somewhere that in any construction site in Belfast, they have protection rackets. And you have to clear your trucking with the IRA, just like the Mafia here. - Frank McCourt Quotes

It's not just Catholic versus Protestant any more. I read somewhere that in any construction site in Belfast, they have protection rackets. And you have to clear your trucking with the IRA, just like the Mafia here.

You don't see the streets crawling with priests and nuns the way you used to. A lot of the priests go around now in ordinary civilian clothes. And it's hard to distinguish a nun from a housewife anymore except they have a special kind of haircut. - Frank McCourt Quotes

You don't see the streets crawling with priests and nuns the way you used to. A lot of the priests go around now in ordinary civilian clothes. And it's hard to distinguish a nun from a housewife anymore except they have a special kind of haircut.

Kids are constantly comparing, especially teenagers, constantly comparing themselves with other people. And when you're ragged and you're physically, almost repulsive, as I was, with infected eyes and rotting teeth and so on, and clothes that were ragged, I had no self-esteem. How could I? - Frank McCourt Quotes

Kids are constantly comparing, especially teenagers, constantly comparing themselves with other people. And when you're ragged and you're physically, almost repulsive, as I was, with infected eyes and rotting teeth and so on, and clothes that were ragged, I had no self-esteem. How could I?

Kids

Kids are constantly comparing, especially teenagers, constantly comparing themselves with other people. And when you're ragged and you're physically, almost repulsive, as I was, with infected eyes and rotting teeth and so on, and clothes that were ragged, I had no self-esteem. How could I? - Frank McCourt Quotes

Kids are constantly comparing, especially teenagers, constantly comparing themselves with other people. And when you're ragged and you're physically, almost repulsive, as I was, with infected eyes and rotting teeth and so on, and clothes that were ragged, I had no self-esteem. How could I?

Kids

[Another student, Ken, the son of Korean immigrants, enrages his ambitious father when he decides to go to Stanford, instead of Harvard or M.I.T. as his father had hoped.] He appeared at my classroom door a few days before Christmas and told me I had helped him get through the last year of high school, ... At one time he had a dream of going into a dark alleyway with his father and only one of them would come out. He'd be the one, of course, but out there in Stanford, he began to think about his father and what it was like coming from Korea, working day and night selling fruit and vegetables when he knew barely enough English to get through the day, hanging on, desperate for his children to get the education he never had in Korea, that you couldn't even dream of in Korea. - Frank McCourt Quotes

[Another student, Ken, the son of Korean immigrants, enrages his ambitious father when he decides to go to Stanford, instead of Harvard or M.I.T. as his father had hoped.] He appeared at my classroom door a few days before Christmas and told me I had helped him get through the last year of high school, ... At one time he had a dream of going into a dark alleyway with his father and only one of them would come out. He'd be the one, of course, but out there in Stanford, he began to think about his father and what it was like coming from Korea, working day and night selling fruit and vegetables when he knew barely enough English to get through the day, hanging on, desperate for his children to get the education he never had in Korea, that you couldn't even dream of in Korea.

Only about 15 years ago, there was an item in my hometown paper... about a young couple arrested on the main street in Limerick for kissing, and fined for public displays of something or other... you're not supposed to do that. That's all changing now. - Frank McCourt Quotes

Only about 15 years ago, there was an item in my hometown paper... about a young couple arrested on the main street in Limerick for kissing, and fined for public displays of something or other... you're not supposed to do that. That's all changing now.

There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art, such as it was, the stations of the cross in the church, the tradition, and the atmosphere of awe and mystery in the mass. The atmosphere of miracle, one of mainly mystery, that's what fascinates me. - Frank McCourt Quotes

There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art, such as it was, the stations of the cross in the church, the tradition, and the atmosphere of awe and mystery in the mass. The atmosphere of miracle, one of mainly mystery, that's what fascinates me.

He has character, integrity, honesty, loyalty. ... He's trustworthy and accountable, - Frank McCourt Quotes

He has character, integrity, honesty, loyalty. ... He's trustworthy and accountable,

He has character, integrity, honesty, loyalty. ... He's trustworthy and accountable. He respects the game. His values jumped off the page to me. - Frank McCourt Quotes

He has character, integrity, honesty, loyalty. ... He's trustworthy and accountable. He respects the game. His values jumped off the page to me.

The poverty and the influence of the church were very damaging. It damaged all of us emotionally. To be poor deprives you of self-esteem. - Frank McCourt Quotes

The poverty and the influence of the church were very damaging. It damaged all of us emotionally. To be poor deprives you of self-esteem.

The undertaking here to restore this great ballpark -- the fourth oldest in all the Majors -- is really a most enjoyable thing to do. This is the second of five or six phases, as we set out to restore the entire ballpark -- that's something that we believe our fans deserve. - Frank McCourt Quotes

The undertaking here to restore this great ballpark -- the fourth oldest in all the Majors -- is really a most enjoyable thing to do. This is the second of five or six phases, as we set out to restore the entire ballpark -- that's something that we believe our fans deserve.

I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book.

Books And Reading Irish Author

The original architects aimed for what was really a quintessential, mid-century, California type of color. I think they got it just right. Sometimes it's just best to recognize when something is done just right the first time and try to duplicate it as best you can. - Frank McCourt Quotes

The original architects aimed for what was really a quintessential, mid-century, California type of color. I think they got it just right. Sometimes it's just best to recognize when something is done just right the first time and try to duplicate it as best you can.

I'm proof positive there's a tremendous amount to be learned about new experiences and situations. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I'm proof positive there's a tremendous amount to be learned about new experiences and situations.

I'm more inclined to go back now because Limerick has changed so much. One of the reasons it was such a grim... or the grimmest of all towns, was that it was the only large city or town in Ireland that didn't have a university. So they put in a university about 20 years ago, and it has changed the whole atmosphere of the place. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I'm more inclined to go back now because Limerick has changed so much. One of the reasons it was such a grim... or the grimmest of all towns, was that it was the only large city or town in Ireland that didn't have a university. So they put in a university about 20 years ago, and it has changed the whole atmosphere of the place.

Samuel Beckett was saying, in a new biography, that he could remember being in the womb, which, of course, is a bit farfetched. But he's an Irishman, so nothing's too farfetched. - Frank McCourt Quotes

Samuel Beckett was saying, in a new biography, that he could remember being in the womb, which, of course, is a bit farfetched. But he's an Irishman, so nothing's too farfetched.

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. - Frank McCourt Quotes

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.

He would have a keen eye for baseball talent and experience to do the job. - Frank McCourt Quotes

He would have a keen eye for baseball talent and experience to do the job.

I had no expectations. As I said to my wife, recently, I might be reviewed in the New York Times Book Review... And then I'd get my Library of Congress catalog number. And then I'd recede into obscurity and I'd get a job like everybody else. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I had no expectations. As I said to my wife, recently, I might be reviewed in the New York Times Book Review... And then I'd get my Library of Congress catalog number. And then I'd recede into obscurity and I'd get a job like everybody else.

I'm more interested in writing than in performing. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

We're in a really good place right now. - Frank McCourt Quotes

We're in a really good place right now.

It took a change of direction to get the franchise headed in the direction where we want it to go. If things had been perfect, it would be steady at the helm. We were looking to change direction. There was debate, discussion. If it was not done, we never would have achieved the results. Overall, I'm very pleased with what we've achieved. Now we're headed in a great direction. We're in a far better place. - Frank McCourt Quotes

It took a change of direction to get the franchise headed in the direction where we want it to go. If things had been perfect, it would be steady at the helm. We were looking to change direction. There was debate, discussion. If it was not done, we never would have achieved the results. Overall, I'm very pleased with what we've achieved. Now we're headed in a great direction. We're in a far better place.

It took a change in directions to get the franchise heading in the direction where we wanted it to go. - Frank McCourt Quotes

It took a change in directions to get the franchise heading in the direction where we wanted it to go.

We were able to exactly replicate the colors on those seats. - Frank McCourt Quotes

We were able to exactly replicate the colors on those seats.

What we're trying to do with this restoration is to really balance the history and tradition and the greatness of this wonderful facility with improvements that we make, that give our fans the amenities that they would have in any other new ballpark in America. So that's what we are trying to do, to look forward but respect the past, and to continue to move this franchise and this great venue, Dodger Stadium, into the future. - Frank McCourt Quotes

What we're trying to do with this restoration is to really balance the history and tradition and the greatness of this wonderful facility with improvements that we make, that give our fans the amenities that they would have in any other new ballpark in America. So that's what we are trying to do, to look forward but respect the past, and to continue to move this franchise and this great venue, Dodger Stadium, into the future.

As we deliberated about colors, someone spotted the samples of the original seats that were installed here in 1962. Somebody had the presence of mind to store them in a warehouse and label them, so we were able to exactly replicate the original colors with these new seats. - Frank McCourt Quotes

As we deliberated about colors, someone spotted the samples of the original seats that were installed here in 1962. Somebody had the presence of mind to store them in a warehouse and label them, so we were able to exactly replicate the original colors with these new seats.

We were able to bring the life back to the concrete. We were able to treat it like it was new, so it will be able to withstand another 50 years of active use. - Frank McCourt Quotes

We were able to bring the life back to the concrete. We were able to treat it like it was new, so it will be able to withstand another 50 years of active use.

Life

That in turn gave us additional leg room, and we used that leg room to install an old-fashioned field-box amenity, a baseball box for four or eight seats, where you have your own piece of Dodger Stadium. Because we have the extra leg room, as a result from removing the rows, we were able to put in a table amenity and some storage area. - Frank McCourt Quotes

That in turn gave us additional leg room, and we used that leg room to install an old-fashioned field-box amenity, a baseball box for four or eight seats, where you have your own piece of Dodger Stadium. Because we have the extra leg room, as a result from removing the rows, we were able to put in a table amenity and some storage area.

We decided to put in a park and picnic area. It will accommodate about 500 people for groups. We wanted to find incredibly mature landscaping, installed in such a way that it will create a park-like setting that was consistent with all the other beautiful landscaping that exists around Dodger Stadium. - Frank McCourt Quotes

We decided to put in a park and picnic area. It will accommodate about 500 people for groups. We wanted to find incredibly mature landscaping, installed in such a way that it will create a park-like setting that was consistent with all the other beautiful landscaping that exists around Dodger Stadium.

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 Quotes

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.

Intellectuals Irish Author

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. - Frank McCourt Quotes

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in.

I began to look at other religions, Buddhism and so on, and realized there is another way of looking at life. A more benign way of looking at life. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I began to look at other religions, Buddhism and so on, and realized there is another way of looking at life. A more benign way of looking at life.

Buddhism Irish Author

This guy's been affiliated with winners all his life, and consistent winners, ... The record, I think, speaks for itself. - Frank McCourt Quotes

This guy's been affiliated with winners all his life, and consistent winners, ... The record, I think, speaks for itself.

Life

I've stated before that my number one priority as the steward of the Dodgers is winning, and I believe that hiring Ned is a step in that direction, ... With his genuine passion for baseball, his intimate knowledge of all aspects of the game, and solid leadership skills, I am confident that Ned's experience will help the Dodgers put a winning team on the field, year-in and year-out. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I've stated before that my number one priority as the steward of the Dodgers is winning, and I believe that hiring Ned is a step in that direction, ... With his genuine passion for baseball, his intimate knowledge of all aspects of the game, and solid leadership skills, I am confident that Ned's experience will help the Dodgers put a winning team on the field, year-in and year-out.

To do my job and do it well, I need to tune out criticism, ... I can't be persuaded by being pulled and tugged in different directions. - Frank McCourt Quotes

To do my job and do it well, I need to tune out criticism, ... I can't be persuaded by being pulled and tugged in different directions.

The Dodgers are at a crossroads here. I'm very mindful of this historic franchise's tradition of greatness. - Frank McCourt Quotes

The Dodgers are at a crossroads here. I'm very mindful of this historic franchise's tradition of greatness.

I've stated before that my number one priority as the steward of the Dodgers is winning, and I believe that hiring Ned is a step in that direction. With his genuine passion for baseball, his intimate knowledge of all aspects of the game, and solid leadership skills, I am confident that Ned's experience will help the Dodgers put a winning team on the field, year-in and year-out. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I've stated before that my number one priority as the steward of the Dodgers is winning, and I believe that hiring Ned is a step in that direction. With his genuine passion for baseball, his intimate knowledge of all aspects of the game, and solid leadership skills, I am confident that Ned's experience will help the Dodgers put a winning team on the field, year-in and year-out.

This guy's been affiliated with winners all his life, and consistent winners. The record, I think, speaks for itself. - Frank McCourt Quotes

This guy's been affiliated with winners all his life, and consistent winners. The record, I think, speaks for itself.

Life

To do my job and do it well, I need to tune out criticism. I can't be persuaded by being pulled and tugged in different directions. - Frank McCourt Quotes

To do my job and do it well, I need to tune out criticism. I can't be persuaded by being pulled and tugged in different directions.

I am not living the American Dream; I am living the American fantasy. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I am not living the American Dream; I am living the American fantasy.

I think Eric just embodies what we want here with the Dodgers. He's passionate about winning -- he knows it's all about the fans so he wears his heart on his sleeve and he gives back to the community. He's a big part of the community -- he's the face of the Dodgers and that's very, very important. The community respects that because he gives back. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I think Eric just embodies what we want here with the Dodgers. He's passionate about winning -- he knows it's all about the fans so he wears his heart on his sleeve and he gives back to the community. He's a big part of the community -- he's the face of the Dodgers and that's very, very important. The community respects that because he gives back.

As far as trying to trade him is concerned, that never happened. Derek expressed accountability, he faced this challenge like a man, and we only offered our support. - Frank McCourt Quotes

As far as trying to trade him is concerned, that never happened. Derek expressed accountability, he faced this challenge like a man, and we only offered our support.

It's very important our general manager and manager are on the same page. Then everybody else gets on the same page, and it's something quite powerful when you're moving in the same direction. You can't be pulling and tugging in different directions. - Frank McCourt Quotes

It's very important our general manager and manager are on the same page. Then everybody else gets on the same page, and it's something quite powerful when you're moving in the same direction. You can't be pulling and tugging in different directions.

And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural. - Frank McCourt Quotes

And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural.

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. - Frank McCourt Quotes

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.

Community Irish Author

I don't absolve my father completely of his responsibility for what he did to us... I feel compassion, maybe. He had his demons. But I still can't understand how a man can walk away from children. And leave them to starve, as we nearly did, if it wasn't for my mother going out and begging. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I don't absolve my father completely of his responsibility for what he did to us... I feel compassion, maybe. He had his demons. But I still can't understand how a man can walk away from children. And leave them to starve, as we nearly did, if it wasn't for my mother going out and begging.

There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd. - Frank McCourt Quotes

There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.

Irish Author Poverty

I will have the faith... not the faith they want me to have, but another kind of faith which is of my own invention. - Frank McCourt Quotes

I will have the faith... not the faith they want me to have, but another kind of faith which is of my own invention.

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