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Matilda said, Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable.

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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Fighter Pilot
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Anything
Hog
Everything
Outrageous
Unbelievable
Whole
Completely
Make
Crazy
Never
Sure
Half
Matilda
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