Joanne Rowling Quotes
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
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Somebody like Bowie was so interesting because when you got him off stage, he was like a businessman. But on stage, he was just dazzling. It was like watching butterflies grow.
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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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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
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The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.
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We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
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I was a top-notch cartoon model for Hanna Barbera, and they made me into a cartoon series called 'Devlin,' which ran for seven years, and I was on lunch pails and coloring books and all of that. It's really interesting being a coloring book when you're young – most kids colored in coloring books, but I made money off coloring books.
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Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.
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When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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When you've finished reading every last thing by a famous writer, literary convention holds that you move on to his or her letters, the DVD extras peddled by publishers.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.
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It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.
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I want to make vegetables a bit cooler and help people see them as something that can be an interesting, delicious addition to any meal, but that doesn't mean you should feel you only need to eat broccoli!
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Growing up in North Carolina, my mom was always just sort of my mom to me. I never really recognized her as a famous actress. I'm always thrilled when she's cleaning out her closet. Last time, I got a pair of boots that she bought in Paris 20 years ago. I have completely worn them out.
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Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world.
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If I'm more prepared, the success will fall on me; if not, it will fall on someone else, and I'm okay with that.
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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
