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Frank McCourt


Born
in Brooklyn, New York City, The United States
August 19, 1930

Died
July 19, 2009

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Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood. ...more

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“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

“It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.”
Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

“He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

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