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Three of the best book quotes about being something
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″‘You’re a Utilitarian, sir!’ said MCC, snatching it back. ‘I’m a Sikh, sir!’ ‘But you think a thing is beautiful only if it’s useful. You are a Utilitarian!‘”
Geraldine McCaughrean
author
A Pack of Lies
book
MCC Berkshire
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Mr. Singh
characters
useful
ᐧ
seeing beauty
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utilitarian
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being something
concepts
02
“He didn’t want to be a mirror of his father. The thought made him cringe. I want to do something. Be somebody. But what? But what?”
Robert Cormier
author
The Chocolate War
book
Jerry Renault
character
identity
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fathers
ᐧ
finding yourself
ᐧ
being something
concepts
03
″‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ ‘Kind,’ said the boy.”
Charlie Mackesy
author
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
book
the Mole
ᐧ
the boy (The Boy, the Mole. the Fox and the Horse)
characters
kind
ᐧ
grow up
ᐧ
being something
concepts
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useful
seeing beauty
MCC Berkshire
Mr. Singh
utilitarian
identity
fathers
finding yourself
Jerry Renault
kind
grow up
the Mole
the boy (The Boy, the Mole. the Fox and the Horse)
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