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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.

Roald Dahl

A little magic can take you a long way.
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Business Inspirational Magic One Liner Patience Positive
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Black Broker Coal Gold Ship
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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Children Disguise Father Funny Imagination Mother Parents Wonderful
Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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Away Motivational Unbelievable Want Work Hard
If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it
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Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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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
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.
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Away Beg Book Place Television Throw Wall
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.
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I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
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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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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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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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