Michael Morpurgo Quotes

When I sit down I write very fast... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not going well.

Michael Morpurgo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I would love to do anything from a really gritty, interesting, indie type film, to that commercial, bigger stuff.

Meghan Markle

LoveInterestingAnythingBigger

I did MTV so long because it's been really hard to find a place that has been able to keep my interests where I can do more than one beat.

Su-chin Pak

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In his State of the Union speech in January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared America's commitment to Four Freedoms in the struggle against Nazi totalitarianism. Among them was the freedom from fear.

Robert Dallek

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I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat.

Dominic West

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The questions that loom can be intimidating. 'What kind of moves is she gonna make? What is she gonna do?' There is this pressure that you're supposed to keep impressing.

Debra Granik

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My perfect day is to work incredibly well in the morning and write something wonderful, then take the dog for a walk and go for a swim in the ladies' ponds on Hampstead Heath or work in my allotment. Then I get tarted up in the evening and go out in London to dinner or the cinema.

Deborah Moggach

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Because I'm married and have kids, I feel like I sometimes get pegged as a choirboy or something, but I wouldn't exactly describe myself that way.

Chris O'Donnell

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Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

Bobby Sherman

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My own musical ambitions were born when I was five, watching the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. When Elvis Presley burst on to the screen, singing 'Don't Be Cruel,' I felt my first sexual thrill, though I didn't know what it was at the time.

Suzi Quatro

TimeSingingBornKnowMy OwnFirst

I look up to Martha Stewart, and I love that she has product lines that are true extensions of her brand.

Tyra Banks

LoveBrandLookTrueProductShe

First, love to the family. Second, love to career. Third, love to the audience.

Montserrat Caballe

FamilyLoveCareerFirstAudience

For centuries, economic thinkers, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes, have tried to identify the elusive formula that makes some countries more prosperous and successful than others. My curiosity about this topic spurred me, as a young professor of economics in the late 1970s, to research new ways of measuring national competitiveness.

Klaus Schwab

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