Quotes tagged ‘precocious’

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“I could read when I was three years old and that’s what I did. At some point, I realized that there was a book I wanted to read, that nobody had written. I really wanted to read it, and the only way I could was to write it.”

— Toni Morrison, lithub.com

“Mary Poppins: [singing] He traveled all around the world, and everywhere he went, he'd use his word, and all would say, ‘There goes a clever gent!’ Bert: [singing] When dukes or maharajahs pass the time o' day wi' me, I say me special word and then they ask me out to tea! Mary Poppins, Bert: Oh, sup…”

— Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, imdb.com

“I was a precocious child. My parents thought boarding school would do me good so they sent me to one when I was seven, dear. I look back on it and I think it was marvellous. You learn to look after yourself and it taught me to have responsibility.”

— Freddie Mercury, theguardian.com