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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!

Roald Dahl

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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Book Ideas Poet Reason Writing
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
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
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
A little magic can take you a long way.
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Business Inspirational Magic One Liner Patience Positive
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.
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Fabulous Flight Journey Travel World
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
All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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Book Done Life Reading View
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Children Lord Strave Strength
Rainbow drops – suck them and you can spit in six different colours.
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Colour Different Drops Rainbow
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
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
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
Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Animal Human Kill
If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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Book Business Entrepreneur Inspirational Life Success
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Choose Important Inspirational Power

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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