Quote by Michael Morpurgo
Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: the

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 childrens right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future. – Michael Morpurgo

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A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear – which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks youll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers. – Michael Morpurgo

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Education
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War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the absolute futility of war, the pity of war as Wilfred Owen called it. – Michael Morpurgo

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Everyone is interested in war, in that people dont want it to happen. Im much more interested in peace than in war but its important to understand why we fight. – Michael Morpurgo

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Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities. – Solomon Ortiz

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True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. – Wynton Marsalis

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Id repair our education system or replace it with something that works. – Larry Niven

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No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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We turn not older with years, but newer every day. – Emily Dickinson

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My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. Its a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics. – Dennis Kucinich

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