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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.

Roald Dahl

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
Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by rules that are almost mathematical in their strictness!
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English Mathematics Powerful Rule Simplicity Strict Truth
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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Business Change Inspirational Power World
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Children Lord Strave Strength
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Believe Finding Inspirational Magic Morning Positive
Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
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Doctor Doubt Endurance Expectation Face Happiness Jump Night Pain Towel
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Facility Speed Suspicious Writing
You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Book Children Humour Writing
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollar skates.
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Humour Intend Invention Lord Walk
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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Absolute Appreciation Delight Home Impossible School Young
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
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
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Beginning Enthusiasm Important Life Realize
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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Attribution Brave Courage Generosity Human Kindness Thinking

Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.

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