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Michael Morpurgo

"Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future."

Source : "Michael Morpurgo: We are failing too many boys in the enjoyment of reading" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. July 2, 2012.

Michael Morpurgo

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“People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.”
“Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one's vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.”

Source : Bergen Evans (1963). “The word-a-day vocabulary builder”, Ballantine Books
“At present, there can be little doubt that the whole of mankind is in mortal danger, not because we are short of scientific and technological know-how, but because we tend to use it destructively, without wisdom. More education can help us only if produces more wisdom.”

Source : E.F. Schumacher (1975). “Small is Beautiful”
“There are individuals who have never done anything for Jesus Christ, and I have no doubt there are preachers as well, who have never done anything for the God Almighty.”
“The effect of Welfarism on freedom will be felt later on - after its beneficiaries have become its victims, after dependence on government has turned into bondage and it is too late to unlock the jail.”

Source : Barry Goldwater (1960). “The Conscience of a Conservative”
“Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic....”
“There is no substitute for a local newspaper that is doing its job.”
“So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide.”

"Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future."

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