Quote by Michael Morpurgo
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the

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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Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel. – Michael Morpurgo

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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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Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology. – Edward Thorndike

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In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. – James Payn

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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. – Angela Davis

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Im a good son, a good father, a good husband – Ive been married to the same woman for 30 years. Im a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, You know, thats part of history. – Samuel L. Jackson

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He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. – Meister Eckhart

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