"If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying across the room."

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Source : Frank McCourt (2005). “Teacher Man: A Memoir”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

Frank McCourt

#Mean Quotes #Giving Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice”
“I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.”

Source : "Transforming the World through Art". Academy of Achievement Interview, June 3, 2006.
“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
“I want to fully fund education, No Child Left Behind, special-needs education. And that's how we're going to be more competitive, by making sure our kids are graduating from school and college.”
“All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.”
“Training is principally an act of faith.”
“Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.”
“Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world.”

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