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

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Source : "Michael Morpurgo answers your questions". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2011.

Michael Morpurgo

#Children Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Animal Quotes

“But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.”
“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on the underside of a bush in late summer, viewing it as a sign of the unexpected munificence of a divine creator, but we became modern when we gave up on awaiting sporadic gifts from above and sought to render any pleasing sensation immediately and repeatedly available.”
“To study is not to consume ideas, but to create and re-create them.”

Source : Paulo Freire (1985). “The Politics of Education: Culture, Power, and Liberation”, p.4, Greenwood Publishing Group
“Stick a shovel into the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other will come to light. Good for trade, we thrive on bones; without them there'd be no stories.”
“While working among the little plants of the far places of the world we forget the narrowness of our own orbit.”

Source : Louise Beebe Wilder (1997). “What Happens in My Garden”, Hartley & Marks
“I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.”

Source : Romain Gary (1983). “King Solomon”, Harvill Press
“You want to be greedy when others are fearful.”

Source : "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime - Charlie Rose Interview". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.
“Yes, it benefits the planet, but I don't lead with the green message anymore because I think there's a more evergreen way to look at it, which is efficiency.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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