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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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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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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I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.
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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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I am neither going to Bollywood nor joining politics.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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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 don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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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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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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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 don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
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Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
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I'm Howard Stern with a vocabulary. I'm the man he wishes he could be.
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The 'Fortune' I came to work for on Jan. 25, 1954, was a monthly, with pages significantly larger than what you're reading; 'art' covers that did not relate to stories inside; and a newsstand price of $1.25.
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I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.
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A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.
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I enjoyed my time in Utah. It was a different area to what I was used to. The people there were very nice and it was a great organization and city. I have only good things to say about Utah.
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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.
