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“You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.”

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Michael Morpurgo is a renowned British children's literature author, born on October 5, 1943. His works are known for their rich imagination and profound emotional depth, making them highly popular among readers. more

“Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can discover all horrors of the adult world. They know very early on that the world is sometimes a very dark, difficult and complex place, and the literature they read must reflect that. Otherwise we're just entertaining them to pass the time.”

Knows World Want Children Sometimes Problem Literature Difficult Dark Horror Adults Presses Complexes Entertaining Buttons

Author:Michael Morpurgo

“There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.”

Knows Writing Children Book Light Genius Easier Myth Writing A Book Great Book Wonderland Grownups Children Book Northern Lights

Author:Michael Morpurgo

“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.”

Inspirational Humans Arms Dancing Dance Legs Mysterious Merit Being Human Arms And Legs Dance Performance

Book:La Fanfarlo

Source: La Fanfarlo

“God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.”

Needs God Order Reign

Author:Charles Baudelaire

“Inspiration comes of working every day.”

Inspiration Imagination

Author:Charles Baudelaire

“The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.”

Humans Funny Cities Concrete Jungle Zoos City Life Concrete Jungle

Author:Desmond Morris

“This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.”

Deals Successful Amount Higher Equal Fundamentals Species Motive Unusual Examining

Book:The illustrated naked ape: a zoologist's study of the human animal

Source: The illustrated naked ape: a zoologist's study of the human animal

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