Michael Morpurgo Quotes

When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I'm telling it to one person only, my best friend.

Michael Morpurgo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 5, 1943

Topics

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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

Andrew Weil

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The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don't want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face.

John Paul DeJoria

SmileBusinessPeopleDoorStart

If they could cut off my head and put it onto another body that was, like, 20 years old, I would do that.

Melanie Griffith

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I would not describe myself as a Trump hater.

Michael Avenatti

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You want stealth? Be a rogue in 'World of Warcraft'.

John Romero

WorldYouWantRogueStealth

I just always remember there being an ability to amuse schoolmates. Not in a kind of 'dance-around-at-the-front-of-the-room-with-his-trousers-off' way, but probably with a sardonic quip. I remember getting a school report that said something like, 'Steve's good, but he tries to see the funny side in everything.'

Stephen Merchant

FunnyGoodSchoolRememberSaidWay

I invariably do some of my best thinking on Saturdays.

Shira Goodman

BestThinkingSomeSaturdays

I've had the privilege of working with Bono for the past few years in the One Campaign to fight AIDS and hunger and disease around the world. Bono is an Irishman and a great humanitarian. And I remember him telling me of his admiration for America.

Mike Huckabee

GreatPastFightMeWorldAmerica

I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.

Moira Kelly

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I enjoy editing when I'm directing, but when someone else is directing, that's their film to cut.

Jason Bateman

SomeoneEnjoyEditingCutFilmElse

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

Christian Lacroix

EleganceFollowTasteOrganizedWell

Commonly, athletes will bolster their dietary intake with everyday vitamins such as magnesium and iron as well as more exotic products such as whey protein, creatine, carnitine and branched-chain amino acids specifically aimed at improving performance and recovery time.

Chuck Norris

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