Michael Morpurgo Quotes

I really can't write fantasy. I cannot invent a world which does not exist. And I can't read fantasy either. As soon as I realise I'm reading a book that hasn't got its roots in a reality I can comprehend, I switch off.

Michael Morpurgo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RootsWorldBookReadingReality

Decarbonization has already begun, and the appeal of a fossil-fuel-free world is growing - not only because it would limit climate change, but also because it would be more technologically advanced, democratic, resilient, healthy, and economically dynamic.

Johan Rockstrom

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With the emergence of the Internet, it has become possible for creative and bold people with focus and determination to establish businesses in some of our remotest communities. But these will not work if they do not have reliable transport routes responding to the impatient modern customer.

Johann Lamont

WorkDeterminationFocusCreative

All the Jewish tradition I had came from my grandmother, who grew up in Palestine and eloped with my grandfather and went to New York. She lived very close to us until she died when I was around 20. She sang a lot of songs, led the Passover seders. It was a very rich part of my life, and my grandmother was a big part of my life.

Jenny Scheinman

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I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.

John Turturro

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I'm very impatient. I always want more.

Ana de Armas

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I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.

Sonia Johnson

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The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

Matt Blunt

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More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

Martin Scorsese

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I was always just an ambitious kid from early. I always knew that I had a purpose and I was destined for something big, great.

Little Simz

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People are mean and hateful, angry - haters everywhere, stupid blogs.

Chrisette Michele

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Think Tank, noun: The shower.

Craig Bruce

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Don't go to the grave with life unused.

Bobby Bowden

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