You’ll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. — Roald Dahl · Skopia

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You’ll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator · 1972

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Hypothetical situations

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Willy Wonka Roald Dahl

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Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

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