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I am suspicious of both facility and speed.

Roald Dahl

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
When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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Book Children Grow Up Joke Old Writing
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Dreamer Dreams Music
Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
ROALD DAHL

Courtesy Kindness Mind Positive
Two rights don’t equal a left.
ROALD DAHL

Business Deep One Liner Right
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Choose Important Inspirational Power
Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Inspirational Perspiration Writing
Sex is like nose picking. It’s fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it’s disgusting watching someone else doing it.
ROALD DAHL

Disguise Humour Nose Practice Sex Watch Yourself
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
Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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Children Fault Parents Spoil
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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Mind Tragedy Twist Writer Writing
No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Book Ending Friendship
Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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Alcohol Candy Humour One Liner Quick
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
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.
ROALD DAHL

Advantage Book Comfortable Excitement Kids Learning Passion Reading
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
ROALD DAHL

Believe Fellow Fortunate Myself Positive Time

I am suspicious of both facility and speed.

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