Joanne Rowling Quotes
The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.
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Liberalism will beat totalitarianism by killing it softly, not by mimicking it.
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Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head.
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
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I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.
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What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?
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It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
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It was all a matter of a Goddess – dark, hidden, deadly, horribly desirable.
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The Orlando terrorist may be dead, but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. And we must attack it with clear eyes, steady hands, unwavering determination and pride in our country and our values.
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Owen says my book will be forgotten in 10 years; perhaps so, but, with such a list of prestigious scientific supporters, I feel convinced that the subject will not.
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Time and again we have learned that the best way to achieve growth and create jobs is for hardworking people to keep more of their own money in their own pockets.
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I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon.
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On the pitch, I will always be like that. That's my character, and I will always compete and compete - always. I'm a different guy off the pitch, as you can see, but on the pitch, I will not change.
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I always have a cigar when I catch a fish.
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They're sharing a drink they call lonliness, but it's better than drinking alone.
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The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.
