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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.

Roald Dahl

We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream.
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Dreamer Dreams Inspirational Reality
I am suspicious of both facility and speed.
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Facility Speed Suspicious Writing
Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.
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Children Lord Strave Strength
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
Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.
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Choose Important Inspirational Power
You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Book Children Humour Writing
Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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Different Drain Fiction Leaving People Place Writing
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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Business Face Goodness Inspirational Positive Shine Sun
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
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
When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all!
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Book Children Writing
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Enjoyment Men Nonsense Wisdom
We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.
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Animal Human Kill
Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Believe Finding Inspirational Magic Morning Positive
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

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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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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