Michelle Magorian Quotes

My parents were wonderful people, but there were terrible rows between them, and at times I found the atmosphere at home unbearable. The Arthur Ransome books gave me an alternative childhood and the tools to escape.

Michelle Magorian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 6, 1947

Topics

HomeChildhoodParentsPeopleMe

I can't give up and sacrifice my career, my future for a man, especially being engaged for so many years.

Joanna Krupa

FutureManSacrificeCareerUpGive

Asians narratively in shows are insignificant. They're the cop or the waitress or whatever it is. You see them in the background.

John Cho

YouSeeWhateverInsignificantCop

We got a copy of the 'New Statesman' at my grammar school in Wigton, Cumbria, in the 1950s. It sat mint fresh every week on the library table, with two or three other bargain-offer magazines. The 'Statesman' came out of the unimaginable Great World. I started to read it then and have pegged along ever since.

Melvyn Bragg

GreatSchoolWorldLibraryWeekNew

When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club.

Ann Leckie

SciencePerceptionScience Fiction

I was driving in Formula Renault 2.0... with Daniel Ricciardo.

Jean-Eric Vergne

DrivingFormulaDaniel

When I look at the success of the Cisco Networking Academy program, which has reached more than 4.75 million people since 1997, I know it could have never achieved this scale without our partners. Together we provide the tools, equipment and training for our students and teachers.

John T. Chambers

SuccessTogetherTrainingPeople

I only want to debate people who are more powerful than I am.

Tucker Carlson

I AmPeoplePowerfulDebateWantAm

When our veterans walk into any VA facility, they converse with men and women who speak the unique language of military service.

Robert Wilkie

WomenServiceWalkMenSpeakUnique

The moment I feel pressure to read a book, I instinctively rebel against it - which is probably one reason I didn't last long in college.

Miranda July

MomentCollegeBookPressureFeel

I've never been a surrogate for Bernie, Hillary, or the DNC.

DeRay Mckesson

NeverBeenSurrogateHillary

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

William Tecumseh Sherman

PoliticsRunWillServeElected

Because I've lived a risky and unconventional life, I don't often struggle for subjects to write about.

Poe Ballantine

LifeStruggleWriteLivedBecause

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