"Access to books and the encouragement of the……" — Michael Morpurgo
"Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future."
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70 Quotes by Michael Morpurgo
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I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The…
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We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether…
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There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.
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Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
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But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.
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Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I…
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Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.
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I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not…
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Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than…
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A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you…
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I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.
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Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because…
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One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access…
— Michelle Bachelet
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Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home,…
— Rod Blagojevich
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one…
— Bono
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I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're…
— David Bowie
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We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be…
— Richard Branson
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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
— Laura Bush
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Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams,…
— Nicolas Cage
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I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this…
— Nicolas Cage
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Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint.
— Richard Carmona
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Magazine stories, the best ones anyway, are generally a combination of three elements: access, narrative, and disclosure.
— Graydon Carter
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Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims…
— Anna Maria Chavez
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You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all…
— Deepak Chopra
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