Michael Rosen quotes

“Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them.”
-- Michael Rosen

Source : "Macca the Paperback Writer". www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2005.

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“Living with a dog is one way to retain something of a child's spirit.”
-- Michael Rosen

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“Commitment is not a barrier to freedom. Commitment is the *exercise* of freedom, the act of making a choice or decision and meaning it. The one without the other is meaningless.”
-- Michael Rosen

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“Sometimes I don't want to talk about it. Not to anyone. No one. No one at all. I just want to think about it on my own. Because it is mine. And no one else's.”
-- Michael Rosen

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“Respect is fatal, isn't it?”
-- Michael Rosen

Source : "Talking shop: Michael Rosen". news.bbc.co.uk. June 12, 2007.

“Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very cunning people who are not only unfolding and revealing. Just like conjurors and magicians, they are hiding stuff too.”
-- Michael Rosen

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.”

“Behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Do this with regard to children, to a spouse, to public post, to riches, and you will eventually be a worthy guest at the feast of life.”

“An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches.”

“As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.”

“The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.”

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”

“When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.”

“The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”

“Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?”

“Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.”

Source : "Leader of Indonesian Jama'a Islamiyya Abu Bakr Al-Ba'shir: I Support Bombings in America, But Not in the Muslim World". MEMRI, October 26, 2007.