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War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I writ

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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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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Hope
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Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. – Michael Morpurgo

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funny
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War
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All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side. – George Wald

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War

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. – Christopher Hitchens

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War

When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue. – Prince Andrew

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War

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. – Napoleon

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Random Quotes

Being in America isnt old-hat – its where were from – but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. Im a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. Im into that kind of thing. – Richie Sambora

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A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Is it my imagination, or does shipping and handling settle a box of crackers more than it used to? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Society

I cant cultivate a relationship with my child if its between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, This is not going to work. It will work some of the year, but not 12 months a year. – Katherine Heigl

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relationship