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"Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world."
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"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
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"The world is like a brute beast, you teach it how it should behave towards you."
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"The world is but a perpetual see-saw."
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"The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous."
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"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
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"The world has become rapidly more competitive."
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"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself."
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"Your world is as big as you make it."
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"Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken."
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"If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone."
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"The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places."
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"Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world."
World
"When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to read as much as I'd like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so."
Work
"I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal."
Thought
"The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers."
Dance
"Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now."
Now
"Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember."
Life
"It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print."
Belief
"Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in."
Heart
"When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down."
Father
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