Joanne Rowling Quotes
Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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Fortunately, as it pertains to guns, my dad and uncle introduced me to guns the way it needs to be done: smart, slow and safe.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.
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You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.
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I would look at older blues musicians who just keep going into their seventies. They keep doing it until they drop dead. And I've always felt like that's what I want to do. I've felt that since the day I was able to start playing music for a living. I don't see the point of thinking about retiring because it's not work to begin with.
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Growing up, I've always felt I was God's favoured child. Circumstances to help me just happen.
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When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our childhood and adolescence in the trials and tribulations of neitherness was actually an apprenticeship for teaching her children new cutting edges of consciousness and social change. In stunning paradox, our neitherness is our talisman, our fairie wand, our gift we bring to the hetero world to....transform their pain into healings; ...transform their tears to laughter: ...transform their hand-me-downs to visions of loveliness.
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Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.
