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f I were a headmaster I would get rid of the history teacher and get a chocolate teacher instead.

Roald Dahl

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
Perhaps it’s chasing me. But I don’t think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast.
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Attitute Catch Chase Fast Inspirational
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
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
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
But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.
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Distraction Impossible Love Person replace
Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Inspirational Perspiration 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
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
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
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
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
We all have our moments of brilliance and glory.
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Brillance Glory Moments One Liner
Good writing is essentially rewriting.
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Essential One Liner Writing
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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Book Business Greatness Hide Place Secret
The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.
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Absorb Beautiful Book Children Excitement Fall In Love Function Funny Prime

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