If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
ROALD DAHLGood writing is essentially rewriting.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference?
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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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A little magic can take you a long way.
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Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
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If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
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An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
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If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
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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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A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.
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I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.
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Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
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And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
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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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Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
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