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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

Roald Dahl

I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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Humour Right Wrong
We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
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
You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Book Difference Look
Don’t gobblefunk around with words.
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Funny Humour One Liner World
Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Children Fault Parents Spoil
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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Absolute Appreciation Delight Home Impossible School Young
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Dreamer Dreams Music
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason Writing
The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.
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Delicious Food Juice Taste Wall
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself.
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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Walk Writing
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Couple Love Matter
If you are good life is good.
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Goodness Life One Liner Positive
I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.
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Inspirational Life Original Realize Routune Salary Simplicity Thinking
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

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