I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.
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- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: british
- Born: June 24, 1912
- Died: December 30, 2002
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Luca’s grandfather (who
I hope is known as Nonno Spaghetti) gave him his first sky-blue Lazio jersey when the boy
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“We can change our wives,” he said. “We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even
our religions, but we can never change our team.”
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words—one who is mightily fevered.
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I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.
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