Quote by Frank McCourt
I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isnt enough in

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isnt enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasnt prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. – Frank McCourt

Other quotes by Frank McCourt

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

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Christmas
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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 have an enormous fondness for delicious food. Its very comforting. – Teri Garr

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Food

When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead of me and what I want to achieve. – Sally Pearson

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It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit. – Tom Sizemore

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Food

Im the only girl on The Food Network who grills – I have two bestselling grilling books. I try to really focus on what men and women can do outside together out on the grill. I think its really fun to have men and women out there together, having fun, working and enjoying themselves. – Sandra Lee

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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it. – Jackie Kennedy

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No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Dont knock your friends. Dont knock your enemies. Dont knock yourself. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. – Frank Zappa

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Glee is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that dont necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement. – Jack Antonoff

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