Joanne Rowling Quotes
Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.
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Obviously I like pretty girls, but I'm also looking for someone who can take control. I know guys complain about girls telling them what to do, but I think we all kind of enjoy it.
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Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.
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At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.
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I was young and could not see the weaponry my ancestors had left for me, the shield in the tall brown grass, the ax lying right next to the tree.
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If you fail to pay your minimums for any debt on time, your credit score will take a major hit and you run the risk of seeing the interest rate on all of your cards go up. An easy way to remind yourself to pay, is to sign up to receive your statements via e-mail.
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That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.
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Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!
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The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media.
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Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.
