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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There is nothing like walking on the streets on a freezing cold day and hearing fans scream your name, then stopping to talk to those same fans. There is nothing like looking into the crowd at the Q and seeing over 20,000 people wearing wigs to match your hair. Those are feelings I will cherish for the rest of my life and never forget.
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I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity.
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Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.
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The South, to me, is fried chicken and catfish caviar --- that's grits --- and good-looking women.
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Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
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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.
