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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
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Words, he said, is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.
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I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.
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