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

- Frank McCourt

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Ireland Flag This quote is written / told by Frank McCourt somewhere between August 19, 1930 and today. He/she was a famous Author from Ireland. The author also have 20 other quotes.

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