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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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Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Colour Different Drops Rainbow
Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.
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Away Motivational Unbelievable Want Work Hard
If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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Calender Extra Humour Remove
If you are good life is good.
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Goodness Life One Liner Positive
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
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Come Demand Fear Fiction Ideas Writer
Life is more fun if you play games.
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Fun Game Life One Liner Play
Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children – as long as you make them laugh as well.
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Children Fairy Tale Laugh Scare
I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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Advice Comment Entrepreneur Ignorance Understand Value
The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.
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Absolute Businessman Comparison Life Writer
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
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
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
Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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Courtesy Kindness Mind Positive
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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Children Disguise Father Funny Imagination Mother Parents Wonderful
There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination.
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Comparison Deep Imagination Place Pure Reality
The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn’t go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.
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Desk Force Himself Scold Writing

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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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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