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Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age Quotes
10 of the best book quotes from Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
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“So now it’s both of you! First it’s all warm, warm, warm. Then it’s all soft, soft, soft. Now it’s all nice, nice, nice!”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
change
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exasperation
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frustration
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ideas
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mothers
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family
concepts
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“If this is the stone age and mum says the ice age is coming any minute now...how long is an age?”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
future
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curiosity
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mothers
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questions
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fathers
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sons
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children
concepts
03
“I saw it rolling downhill. If I can knock the lumps of it will roll better.”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
children
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ideas
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change
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improvement
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inventions
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mothers
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hard work
concepts
04
“Think! Think! Think! That boy will think himself into an early grave...”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
frustration
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mothers
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knowledge
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negative thinking
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ideas
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children
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thinking
concepts
05
“It’s trousers I want, Dad.”
Raymond Briggs
author
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children
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wishes
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fathers
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wanting
concepts
06
“Time...why is it time? What is time, dad?”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
time
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questions
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fathers
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children
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wisdom
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curiosity
concepts
07
“Terrific? What sort of word is that? Don’t you bring language like that into this cave!”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
misunderstandings
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offended
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words
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knowledge
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mothers
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language
concepts
08
“I don’t like living in caves. Do neanderthal people wear stone trousers?”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
children
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changes
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identity
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life
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personal preferences
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questions
concepts
09
“Trousers! Out of a baby mammoth? That’d be all soft and floppy. Disgusting!”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
disgust
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change
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ideas
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disapproval
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fathers
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inventions
concepts
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“You can’t stop animals from running away! They’re frightened. They don’t want to be killed and eaten!”
Raymond Briggs
author
Ug: Boy Genius Of The Stone Age
book
animals
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survival
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limits
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true nature
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facts
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fear
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frustration
concepts
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change
exasperation
frustration
ideas
mothers
family
future
curiosity
questions
fathers
sons
children
improvement
inventions
hard work
knowledge
negative thinking
thinking
wishes
wanting
time
wisdom
misunderstandings
offended
words
language
changes
identity
life
personal preferences
disgust
disapproval
animals
survival
limits
true nature
facts
fear
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