Michael Morpurgo Quotes
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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I've made it abundantly clear that I think that marriage is between a man and a woman.
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And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.
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McGregor is a businessman through and through. He's obviously a wrestling fan.
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On a very basic, concrete level, there have been times when my work, regardless of the content, has harmed relationships because I made that work such a primary priority in my life.
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I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.
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Either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
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Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.
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I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
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The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas.
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It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
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... the one that has the worst effect for me was pot. I felt silly and giggly - I hate feeling like that.
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I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.
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Generally speaking in America, a lot of environmentally problematic facilities tend to be located in places where poor folks live because wealthier folks have the ability to say, "not in my backyard."
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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One practice I rely on all the time is basic meditation which allows me to strip away the noise. It's like the old-fashioned dial on the radio, where you were getting static and then you found that clear, sweet spot on the dial, where the music would come through. That's what meditation is for me. Dialling out the static, the noise, the anxiety, the fear, and coming into a place that's deep and quiet. It's like dropping into a well of inspiration and wisdom.
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Actually, there is no way of making vomiting courteous. You have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing.
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People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything - as well as make it up - to get it.
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What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories.
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I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.
