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What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!

Roald Dahl

It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
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Performance Prefer Punishment Task
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
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
There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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Comparison Freedom Imagination Life Pure True
When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Book Children Writing
I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
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Come Dreams Imagination Inspirational True
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!
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Believe Fellow Fortunate Myself Positive Time
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Choose Important Inspirational Power
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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Greatmess Incident Life Number
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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Advantage Book Comfortable Excitement Kids Learning Passion Reading
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Black Broker Coal Gold Ship
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
Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Colour Different Drops Rainbow
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Enjoyment Men Nonsense Wisdom
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
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Alcohol Need Room Writer

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