We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely.
More Quotes from Frank McCourt:
I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church.Frank McCourt
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
Something happened to the spirit in the famine, and they retreated into their caverns and into themselves. And they haven't come out.
Frank McCourt
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
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
I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.
Frank McCourt
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