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“Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. If you won the Irish Sweepstakes and bought a house that needed furniture would you fill it with bits and pieces of rubbish? Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish from the cinemas it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”

Quote by Frank McCourt

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Angela's Ashes (Scholastic ELT Reader)

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Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt was an Irish-American author and teacher. His works, written in the form of memoirs, recounted his experiences growing up in Ireland and the United States, particularly his impoverished life in Brooklyn, New York. McCourt's writing is known for its humor and profound social insight. more

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