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Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.

Roald Dahl

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
Obscurity is never a virtue.
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One Liner Virtue Vulger
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
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
You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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Doubt Human Nature Relationship Rumor Sure
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
The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.
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Children Inspirational Learning Look Risk Success
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
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Book Business Greatness Hide Place Secret
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there.
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Chance Grow Up Inspirational 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
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
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
You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.
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Book Children Humour Writing
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 have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems.
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Finding Impossible Problem Talk

Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.

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