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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

Roald Dahl

All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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Book Done Life Reading View
f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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Chocolate History Teacher
I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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Children Humour Murder Myself Old Possible
Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
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Disguise Humour Nose Practice Sex Watch Yourself
When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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Children Deserve Grow Up Parents Remember Spark
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
Obscurity is never a virtue.
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One Liner Virtue Vulger
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Business Face Goodness Inspirational Positive Shine Sun
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Children Lord Strave Strength
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
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Start Wonder World
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Dreamer Dreams Music
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Business Eyes Greatness Hide Inspirational Place Secret World
When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Book Children Writing
The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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Desk Force Himself Scold Writing
You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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Doubt Human Nature Relationship Rumor Sure
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Important Modesty Oneself Strive Truth Writing

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