Joanne Rowling Quotes
I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!Joanne Rowling
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
A. E. van Vogt -
It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
Vidal Sassoon -
Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
Edgar Ramirez -
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
Ida Tarbell -
'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
Foster Friess -
It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
Ian Mckellen
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
Rachele Brooke Smith -
The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
As long as I love Beauty I am young.
W. H. Davies -
I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
Zendaya -
I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.
Karen Gillan
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
Dan Marino -
My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
Dan Jenkins -
As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
Karen Hughes -
I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.
Lance Gross -
I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
Frances Farmer -
What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
Jack Kilmer
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Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wingsAnd some are treasured for their markings –They cause the eyes to meltOr the body to shriek without pain.
Craig Raine -
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.
Tara Brach -
Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
Ralph Nader -
I call myself an accidental entrepreneur. I was all set to take up a brewing job in Scotland when a chance encounter with an Irish entrepreneur led me to set up a biotech business in India instead.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw -
I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!
Joanne Rowling