Joanne Rowling Quotes
Some readers and commentators really want to scrape your insides out to make sense of your work. Others say, there's the work, it speaks for itself. Personally, I fall somewhere in the middle.
Quotes to Explore
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditch or a 3,000-person, vertically integrated brand, you need to have the wherewithal to run your business through investment, considering everything from start-up funds to your exit plan or what it takes to go public.
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We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I gravitate towards strong messages and things that make an impact.
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'
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I like, at the end of the night, to be walking back to the locker room limping and sweating, spitting blood out of my mouth. I've been doing this for a long time, and it comes naturally.
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Some readers and commentators really want to scrape your insides out to make sense of your work. Others say, there's the work, it speaks for itself. Personally, I fall somewhere in the middle.
