Morris Gleitzman Quotes

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive.

Morris Gleitzman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 9, 1953

Topics

PowerChildrenOptimismPossibilities

We've got to stand up for what we believe in as a labour movement. And that means the party's membership needs to be even bigger so it becomes a genuinely mass organisation.

Jeremy Corbyn

Stand UpBelieveStandPartyBigger

Louise Wilson told me she wanted to see more of the 1997 show. And so I needed to reissue that.

Matthew Williamson

MeMoreSheSeeShowWanted

You don't have to tip anybody, anywhere, anything. You do so only because you want to, in appreciation for service well-rendered.

Michael Frome

ServiceAppreciationYouWantOnly

Late summer is perfect for classic mysteries - think of Raymond Chandler's hot Santa Anas and Agatha Christie's Mediterranean resorts - while big ambitious works of nonfiction are best approached in September and early October, when we still feel energetic and the grass no longer needs to be cut.

Michael Dirda

BestThinkFeelPerfectEarlyLate

I'm more of a shirt, jeans and trainers man, and I'll never stop that.

Stephen Graham

ManStopMoreNeverNever Stop

After installing friendly leaders in Iran and Guatemala, the United States lost interest in promoting democracy in either country.

Stephen Kinzer

DemocracyCountryLostFriendly

My favorite movie villain? Oh, that's easy. Hannibal Lecter.

Troy Duffy

VillainEasyFavoriteMovieHannibal

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Mason Cooley

WisdomYouResumeExperimentsCall

I find that working with friends is always the goal, even if it's just one person. Because the comedy community is kind of insular, it's easy to run into people you've worked with, even if you worked with someone on something for a day, or whatever.

Lizzy Caplan

CommunityDayPeopleComedySomeone

We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we are ruthless with each other - in fact, I suppose we are very kind. There are ways to make suggestions which are not destructive.

Jonathan Kellerman

YouKnowSayKindRuthlessBooks

I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.

Dorothy L. Sayers

ThinkingQuotationAlwaysEverything

For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.

Wole Soyinka

JusticeMeHumanityPrimeCondition

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