“ If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. ”
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“ I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book. ”
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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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“ 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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“ 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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“ If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. ”
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“ I was glad my father was an eye. smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly yourself. A mouth. smile is different. You can fake a mouth. smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I’ve also learned that a real mouth. smile always has an eye. smile to go with it. So watch out… when someone smiles at you but the eyes stay the same. It’s sure to be a phony. ”
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“ It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you. ”
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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. Brian Sibley: Or brains even? Oh gosh, yes, brains is one of the least. You can be a lovely person without brains, absolutely lovely. Kindness that simple word. To be kind it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it. ”
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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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“ I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be. ”
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“ Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about whatiffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started. ”
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“ So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall. Then fill the shelves with lots of books. ”
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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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“ 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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“ A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans? ”
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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. Brian Sibley: Or brains even? Oh gosh, yes, brains is one of the least. You can be a lovely person without brains, absolutely lovely. Kindness that simple word. To be kind it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it. ”
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“ We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want or near enough. ”
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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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“ The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman. 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...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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“ The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a fact that nearly every writer of fiction in the world drinks more whisky than is good for him. He does it to give himself faith hope and courage. 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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“ You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour. ”
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“ So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall. Then fill the shelves with lots of books. ”
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