Joanne Rowling Quotes
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I'm not a great writer.
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A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'
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Twitter and Facebook are brilliant tools, the journalistic uses of which are still being plumbed. They are great for disseminating interesting material. They are useful for gathering information, including from places that are inaccessible.
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Sometimes the most difficult, horrific things can be the greatest spiritual teachers.
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When I first got signed, I bought a vintage guitar from the 1930s for £1000. I've bought a £400 SLR camera, too, which was quite extravagant.
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
