Joanne Rowling Quotes
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I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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Challenging and highlighting abusive power dynamics in our culture is my goal; replicating them is not.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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I do not cook.
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Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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I have been cooking with preserved lemon for years, using it left, right and centre, but I am still far from reaching my limit.
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I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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Now that doctors have stopped making house calls, lots of patients now have to die without their help.
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Moana is definitely a Disney character, which is something that I totally love. She's totally bad butt: really awesome. I think she really embodies it because I, as someone who has grown up, been born and raised on the island of Hawaii - so, the Big Island - I love my culture.
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Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.
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The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed.
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I don't get to make many features. It's not like that's something I can just snap my fingers and make happen.
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How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad.
