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When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!

Roald Dahl

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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Book Difference Look
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
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Children Lord Strave Strength
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
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.
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Amazing Book Excitement Inspirational Introduction Live People Transport
When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.
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Book Children Grow Up Joke Old Writing
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
Obscurity is never a virtue.
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One Liner Virtue Vulger
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 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
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
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
Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.
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Care Character Fight Monster
I’ve always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?
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Business Calculator Confidence Inspirational Mathematics Myself Pocket Work Hard
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.
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Beginning Enthusiasm Important Life Realize
Me is the only one what won’t be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants.
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Eat Giant
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Facility Speed Suspicious 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
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
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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Business Change Inspirational Power World
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
Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Animal Human Kill
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Enjoyment Men Nonsense Wisdom
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
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
We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
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Business Inspirational Reverse Strike Time Work Hard

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