Michael Morpurgo Quotes
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to revolve, as it were, around solicitude for the flesh must be avoided by Christians.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
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The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.
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I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, 'Would you like 'Human Target' to continue to be picked up?' The answer is 'Absolutely!' I love working on this show. I love playing Guerrero. I love seeing where it's going.
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I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.
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What I disliked most about working as a shop assistant wasn't the occasional snooty customer or the shop or the hours, but the way people reacted when I told them I was a shop assistant - their automatic assumption that I didn't enjoy it.
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Set goals, work hard, trust yourself, and only stress over what you can control.
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I think the quality of something like the Beveridge, for instance, will have a life of its own.
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If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on.
