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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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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We also have a lot of the same influences - we both read a lot of the beatniks. And yet what we actually do is almost exactly the opposite. His [ Hunter S. Thompson] political stuff is just wonderful, but basically nothing happens.
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Russian is a very deceptive language, because it looks easy at first: it's like setting out for a gentle stroll and realizing that you've committed yourself to scaling Himalayan peaks.
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An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.
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I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.
