Michael Morpurgo Quotes
Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.
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Portland hardly got to have an identity before that identity became a joke - I live in a joke. Seattle at least got to wear out its identity before it became a joke.
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Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked 'What's the big idea?' knows, most big ideas are bad ones.
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It's not that I'm rebelling. It's that I'm just trying to find another way.
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...People that don’t have any interest in the psychology of nuance, who need everything to be in their face, who don’t want to analyze... those aren’t the people I romanticize about dressing.
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The time before Islam is a time of blackness: that is part of Muslim theology. History has to serve theology.'
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It is as difficult for Chinese politicians to get a real smile from the people as it is to keep the sky blue and clouds white.
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...the world is possibility if only you'll discover it.
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To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.
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By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
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The industry trend is that everything is moving to the cloud, and most of our customers are in this very heterogeneous world.
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When someone has a weight problem when they're pregnant, they will struggle before, during and after to lose weight.
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I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.
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Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My music was the blues.
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When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.
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I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
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I never wanted to be on a pedestal.
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Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
