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Category Archive: 1952

Sugata Mitra Quote: “Entertainment can be a more powerful…”

Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty.

October 15, 2021 1952, February 12, Indian, Quotes by Educators, Sugata Mitra

Andrew Motion Quote: “I get up at 5.30am, sluice…”

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.

September 28, 2021 1952, Andrew Motion, English, October 26, Quotes by Poets

Geoffrey Canada Quote: “One of the things that sells…”

One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who’s come up from the streets. Not just any streets, but the toughest, meanest streets of the urban ghetto. And that’s called ‘street credibility.’

September 26, 2021 1952, American, Geoffrey Canada, January 13, Quotes by Activists

Helen Dunmore Quote: “Writing children’s books gives a writer…”

Writing children’s books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

September 20, 2021 1952, British, December 12, Helen Dunmore, Quotes by Poets

Andrew Motion Quote: “I read ‘Treasure Island’ for the…”

I read ‘Treasure Island’ for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer.

September 4, 2021 1952, Andrew Motion, English, October 26, Quotes by Poets

Andrew Motion Quote: “I’m also a great believer in…”

I’m also a great believer in the dream life; that while we’re asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires.

September 1, 2021 1952, Andrew Motion, English, October 26, Quotes by Poets

Helen Dunmore Quote: “Those who try to obliterate the…”

Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.

September 1, 2021 1952, British, December 12, Helen Dunmore, Quotes by Poets

Rita Dove Quote: “I loved to write when I…”

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.

September 1, 2021 1952, American, August 28, Quotes by Poets, Rita Dove

Linton Kwesi Johnson Quote: “Once you have a disease like…”

Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.

August 30, 2021 1952, August 24, Jamaican, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Quotes by Poets

Sugata Mitra Quote: “I’m encouraging kids to use computers…”

I’m encouraging kids to use computers at their own pace to build aspirations.

August 30, 2021 1952, February 12, Indian, Quotes by Educators, Sugata Mitra

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