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As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.
Michael Morpurgo
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Michael Morpurgo
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo
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Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.
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