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

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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Fear
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home. – Roald Dahl

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I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinsons. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, theres freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldnt have otherwise found myself in. – Michael J. Fox

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The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. – John F. Kennedy

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Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. – Frank Herbert

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Freedom

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, New York City, 1952 August 28th

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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. – Democritus

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Only the elites despise earning money. – Newt Gingrich

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I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. – Brigid Brophy

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There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love. – Mother Teresa

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