{"id":133060,"date":"2016-09-13T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T10:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=133060"},"modified":"2016-09-13T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T10:33:21","slug":"whizz-popping-magical-quotes-to-mark-roald-dahls-100th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/13\/whizz-popping-magical-quotes-to-mark-roald-dahls-100th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Whizz-popping magical quotes to mark Roald Dahl\u2019s 100th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>t\u2019s Roald Dahl Day today <\/a>\u2013 to mark what would have been his 100th birthday \u2013\u00a0\u00a0and people of all ages are celebrating the life and works of one of the world\u2019s most beloved authors.<\/p>\n

His books weren\u2019t just full of wonderful and interesting stories \u2013 they taught life lessons, which stayed with many long after they read them.<\/p>

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Here just some of the most whizz-poppingly brilliant quotes by Roald Dahl:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) \u201cA person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.\u201d \u2013 The Twits<\/p>

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2) \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.\u201d \u2013 The Witches<\/p>\n

3) \u201cA little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.\u201d \u2013 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator<\/p>\n

4) \u201cAnd above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikley of places. Those who don\u2019t believe in magic will never find it.\u201d \u2013 The Minpins<\/p>\n

5) \u201cSo 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\u2026\u201d \u2013 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/p>\n

6) \u201cDon\u2019t gobblefunk around with words.\u201d \u2013 The BFG<\/p>\n

7) \u201cAll you do is to look\/ at a page in this book\/ because that\u2019s where we always will be. No book ever ends\/ when it\u2019s full of your friends\u201d. \u2013 The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me<\/p>\n

8) \u201cYou can fake a mouth-smile any time you want, simply by moving your lips. I\u2019ve also learned that a real mouth-smile always has an eye-smile to go with it. So watch out, I say, when someone smiles at you but his eyes stay the same. It\u2019s sure to be a phony.\u201d -Danny the Champion of the World<\/p>\n

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