Roald Dahl Quotes - Page 2

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• A little magic can take you a long way.

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  Long, Magic, Littles

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, p.161, Penguin

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• Don't gobblefunk around with words.

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  Funny, Twits, Marvellous

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.28, Penguin

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• There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be.

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  Imagination, Wish, Serious

  "Fictional character: Willy Wonka:". "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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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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  Love, Long, Looks

  Roald Dahl (1998). “The Witches”, Puffin

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• A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.

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  Book, Positive Attitude, Ugly

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.150, Penguin

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• So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

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  Strong, Book, Sea

  "Matilda". Book by Roald Dahl, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 1988.

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• If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

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  July, Wish, Calendars

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• By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.

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  Writing, Stories, Fifty

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• Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.

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  Childhood, Secret, Complicated

  Roald Dahl (2016). “Roald Dahl's Scrumdiddlyumptious Story Collection: Six Marvellous Stories Including The BFG and Five Other Stories”, p.299, Penguin UK

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• We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, p.152, Penguin

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• Two rights don't equal a left.

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  Rights, Two, Equal

  "The BFG". Book by Roald Dahl, 1982.

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• If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.

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  Years, Looks, Ugly

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.150, Penguin

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• The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.

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  Inspiring, Book, Secret Places

  Roald Dahl (2017). “Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)”, p.77, Penguin UK

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• 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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  Book, Teaching, Reading

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets”, p.79, Penguin

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• Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing 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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  America, Pirate, What If

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”, p.24, Penguin

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• Some people when they have taken too much and have been driven beyond the point of endurance, simply crumble and give up. There are others, though they are not many, who will for some reason always be unconquerable. You meet them in time of war and also in time of peace. They have an indomitable spirit and nothing, neither pain nor torture nor threat of death, will cause them to give up.

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  Giving Up, Pain, War

  Roald Dahl (2013). “The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two”, p.360, Penguin UK

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• lalalalalalallalalallalalalal have nothing to say

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• The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

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  Secret, Said, Very Good

  Roald Dahl (2000). “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”, p.38, Penguin

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• The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.

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  Reading, Book, People

  Roald Dahl (2007). “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”, p.160, Penguin

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• A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - 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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  Children, Growing Up, Fun

  "Danny, the Champion of the World". Book by Roald Dahl, 1975.

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• Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watching someone else doing it.

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  Sex, Naughty, Practice

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• ...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe they become very prone to injury. Boys should be allowed to climb tall trees and walk along the tops of high walls and dive into the sea from high rocks... The same with girls. I like the type of child who takes risks. Better by far than the one who never does so.

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  Girl, Children, Wall

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• My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet.

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  World, Green, Trying New Things

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• The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

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  Pain, Healing, Health

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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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  Advice, Twits, Valuable

  "Fictional character: Mr. F.F. "Foxy" Fox". "Fantastic Mr. Fox", 2009.

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