Michael Morpurgo Quotes

When I was growing up in the Forties and Fifties, you could hide your children from the difficulties of life, but today you can't separate children's contact with the adult world today.

Michael Morpurgo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeTodayChildrenGrowing UpWorld

I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people.

Jill Clayburgh

PeopleDownStairsGoKindRun

My must-have hair products are Phyto silk spray and Kusco-Murphy setting lotion.

Johanna Braddy

HairProductsSilkSprayLotion

Not many shows bring fans and artists together, and 'Rock Dinner' is one of the few shows that does it. Every opportunity I get to get closer to one of my fans - and get to know them and talk to them - I'm always going to take that opportunity with arms wide open and make it a priority.

Jencarlos Canela

OpportunityTogetherDinnerKnow

During my own gap year, I learned an invaluable lesson - that I was a lousy teacher. Even though the children I 'taught,' in upcountry Uganda, were desperate for qualifications, they largely ignored me. Until, that is, I realised that they wanted to hear about other young persons around the world.

Simon Hoggart

ChildrenTeacherMeWorldYearOwn

Stories mimic life like certain insects mimic leaves and twigs.

Mary Gaitskill

LifeInsectsLikeStoriesCertain

I don't really use emojis. Is that weird? In the time it takes for me to even find the flexed-arm emoji, I could just type that I'm at the gym.

Ross Butler

TimeMeWeirdGymFindJust

If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality of your cultural history, regardless of whether or not you talk about it, it's there.

Cheo Hodari Coker

HistoryBlackRealityAmericaYou

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

Christine Quinn

WomanI AmDoneWayNeverThings

I've always believed that the best way you combat intellectual property theft is making a product available that is well priced, well timed to market, whether it's a movie product, TV product, music product, even theme-park product.

Bob Iger

MusicBestYouIntellectualWay

It's very unusual to be playing something other than human.

Annaleigh Ashford

HumanPlayingSomethingUnusualThan

The first sport I played was baseball. I remember being on the Little League team and someone pitching the ball to me for the first time. I was ready to no longer hit the ball off the tee, and an adult pitched it to me underhand.

Ashton Eaton

TimeBaseballMeTeamSomeoneReady

In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film.

Wole Soyinka

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