Michael Morpurgo Quotes
It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been a partier.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
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I'd call my music rock but with pop hooks.
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I often reread books I have written.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
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A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
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We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't really always show the resistance from the government, the resistance from the status quo, from the majority to silence the movement.
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Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.
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Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.
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Competing in pageants made me hyper-aware of the unfair expectations society places on women in terms of youth and beauty. But it also gave me empathy for women who use beauty as a creative exploration. When expressed healthfully, dressing up, doing hair, crafting makeup, etc., is an art form.
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There were definitely lyrics and they were very meaningful. I think.
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My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.
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What in the name of Hitler's panties and matching bra set was she talking about?
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Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.
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All of our competitors around the world, every country is investing more in infrastructure as a percentage of their GDP than we are. And down the road our children and grandchildren will have to compete with that more and more.
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Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.
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It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.
