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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The only lethal terrorist to immigrate to the United States as an adult and conduct an attack shortly after arriving is Tashfeen Malik, who was born in Pakistan.
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All songs are living ghosts. And long for a living voice.
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You have to be your biggest believer.
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There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?
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True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.
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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.
