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I tell my children, shut up and let me speak. What I've learned, I have been married for 45 years and in my own family It is that I've learned to stop being judgmental, to listen.

Malachy McCourt

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Malachy McCourt
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 20
Actor
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Malachy Gerard McCourt
Malachy G. McCourt
Speak
Tell
Judgmental
Children
Shut
Years
Married
Listen
Learned
Stop
Family

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