Michael Morpurgo Quotes
Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.
Quotes to Explore
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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We really accomplished what we set out to do with the Recovery Act programs, which was to fill the lending gap created by the crisis.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time.
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I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best.
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Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the difference of life and death.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I'm going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with people who I am and what I've learned in my second chance of life and pass it on to people in their first chance of life.
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I never 'went Hollywood.' Perhaps some of my behavior was detrimental to my career, but I couldn't go the route of Hollywood parties.
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What do I have to cheat for? I've always been playing against people older than me anyways. So what do I have to cheat for?
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I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, you'd do the same thing.
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My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.
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Sometimes I still wonder what my fans look like, but if I had to describe them, I'd say that they are everyday people with everyday needs who need a supernatural message to help them though their natural walk.
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One thing my mother did is that she never looked in the mirror and said, 'I'm so fat,'or 'I'm so ugly. I need to go on a diet.' Projecting that onto yourself is only going to make your daughter or son think that of themselves. Because they're a product of you.
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It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
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The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.
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And that's the way it is.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.
