"Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise."

-- Michael Morpurgo

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #School Quotes

“I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.”
“I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.”
“A good motto to live by: "Always try not to get killed.”
“"Balance" as a verb doesn't mean "stillness," but the constant act of making minor corrections from one side to another to bring one towards a center of stability.”
“Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.”
“What could be more superstitious than the idea that money brings forth food?”
“It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as you grew up, and had to learn it again.”
“In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.”

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