Michael Morpurgo Quotes

One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.

Michael Morpurgo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EducationGreatFocusLookingMore

I know when I left the game, I could have played more. There is no question. I think I could have played at a very high level, too. But I could not play the way everyone wanted me to play. And I was not willing to compromise what I felt was a standard that I had established in this league and, particularly, for our fans at home.

Jerry West

HomeMeGameCompromiseThinkPlay

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

Meg Ryan

MyselfThoughtI CanPersonOutWho

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

Megan Hilty

ActorPlayingWellWhoLikeLeast

The roughest make-up I ever wore was for 'Phantom of the Opera' because the phantom's face was all disfigured, and he's trying to pass in public so he can attend his beloved opera. That was make-up over make-up.

Robert Englund

FaceTryingOverOperaPassBecause

Even if we don't know it or aren't aware of it, politics and philosophy are really what make our up lives.

Roland Joffe

PoliticsPhilosophyKnowUpAware

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.

Michelle Pfeiffer

FearMyselfMomentI AmControlYou

I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to executive work.

Jay-Z

WorkThinkArtistImportantHip-Hop

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

Jonathan Kozol

ChildrenEvilGoKnowSegregation

To those like Mitt Romney who want to take us backwards, let's send a strong message in November: as we say in Brooklyn, 'Fuhgeddaboutit.'

Chuck Schumer

StrongBrooklynSayWantBackwards

Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul.

Brad Delp

SoulI AmLonelyAmBradMr

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

Brian Selznick

WorkLoveGreatTimeTravelPeople

You're not going to put up good numbers every year.

Asdrubal Cabrera

GoodYearYouNumbersUpGoing

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