Joanne Rowling Quotes
It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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I've learned to treat celebrities as equals and just kind of meet them and admire their work, but I definitely could not breathe when I met Johnny Depp and James Franco.
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I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
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I don't prepare myself for a specific fighter. I don't choose a fight to prepare myself for another fighter.
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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.
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I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.
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It's exploding bags, aerosol cansSouthbound buses, Peter PanThey left it up to us againI thought you knew the drillIt's kill or be killed.
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When you're growing up, the most important thing is to try to not change yourself too much. Be you, because everyone else is taken.
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It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.
