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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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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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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I write songs simply because I get a kick out of making them exist. I'm also sort of addicted to the recording studio, and making albums is my idea of fun.
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Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations.
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In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in the book world, things keep changing by the second.
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Hopefully, ... as we go here in preseason, we'll get in groove with our whole offense.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.
