Joanne Rowling Quotes
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.
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If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.
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Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
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When we stay close to the wisdom of our knowing, seeking solutions to our problems in the sanctuary of the heart and not in the vanity of the mind, then we can pretty much trust in the unfolding, mysterious wisdom of life.
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I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a neighborhood thing for a while, our neighborhood against the other neighborhood. There was always a war breaking out somewhere.
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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.
