Quote by Roald Dahl
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is ab

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. – Roald Dahl

Other quotes by Roald Dahl

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. – Roald Dahl

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Men
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When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green. – Roald Dahl

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alone
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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. – Roald Dahl

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I remain optimistic. What weve seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism. – Gijs de Vries

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Freedom

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Freedom

People ask How does doing a film compare to doing an ad? Well, when youre doing a commercial you dont have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film. – Mike Mills

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Freedom

I begin to feel like most Americans dont understand the First Amendment, dont understand the idea of freedom of speech, and dont understand that its the responsibility of the citizen to speak out. – Roger Ebert

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Freedom

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Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places. – Charles de Lint

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Friendship

Theres never really been a real hood Christmas movie. – Ice Cube

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Christmas

All men are born equally free. – Salmon P. Chase

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I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teachers pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies. – Nicole Anderson

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