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We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.

Roald Dahl

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
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Important Modesty Oneself Strive Truth Writing
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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Absolute Compensation Excep Fools Freedom Master Person Soul Sure
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Enjoyment Men Nonsense Wisdom
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
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Couple Love Matter
If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.
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Accomplishment Book Children Help Important Reading Success
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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Dreamer Dreams Music
No book ever ends, when it’s full of your friends.
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Book Ending Friendship
When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky.
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Children Deserve Grow Up Parents Remember Spark
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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Eyes Fake Father Impossible Smile Twinkle Yourself
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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Business Change Inspirational Power World
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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Biography Book Bore Detail Humour Life Person
Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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Breakfast Food Humour Pencil
I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.
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Book Care Finish Hate Reading Story
You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Book Children Humour Writing
To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
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Black Broker Coal Gold Ship

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