Joanne Rowling Quotes
It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.
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I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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I think everyone assumes that I talk to my parents a lot about writing, but I didn't - they're my parents. We didn't have constant workshops running in my household.
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I have a really different touring life to most comedians because I go home every night to do the school run in the morning. So I'm not in hotels or living it up.
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The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.
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I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well.
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It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
