I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
ROALD DAHLWe make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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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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I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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I doubt I would have written a line, unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.
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But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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A little magic can take you a long way.
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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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Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.
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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
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