It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
A. A. MILNEAlmost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
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Brains first and then Hard Work.
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A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.
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War is something of man’s own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
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Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.
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Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Something feels funny. I must be thinking too hard.
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.
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When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.
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If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.
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Think, think, think.
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Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don’t stop and eat it along the way.
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To seem natural rather than to be natural.
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It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.
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Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
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The things that make me different are the things that make me.
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Forever isn’t long at all, as long as I’m with you.
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Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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