"Anything that gets children reading is fine."

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Source : "Frank Lampard, good children's stories aren't easy wins" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2013.

Michael Morpurgo

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #Fine Quotes

“I love sex as much as I love music, and I think it's as hard to do.”
“Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age.”
“My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime usually do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed only for those exceptionally rare circumstances when all other rights have failed. A free people can only afford to make this mistake once.”

Source : "United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit". openjurist.org. May 6, 2003.
“I make some of my best recipes with a simple homemade stock. Keep shrimp shells stored in a plastic bag in the freezer. When you have almost a gallon-bag full, you can make a stock in 30 minutes that you can use in soups and sauces. You can then freeze the stock in ice-cube trays.”
“If you feel something calling you to dance or write or paint or sing, please refuse to worry about whether you're good enough . Just do it. Be generous. Offer a gift to the world no one else can offer : yourself.”
“Whenever I eat a meal, I always leave the last bite on my plate. I don't know why, it's just a thing with me.”
“ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasnâ€™t sure when or where it was going to end.”

Source : Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.69, Macmillan
“I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.”

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