Joanne Rowling Quotes
How awful it was, thought Tessa, remembering Fats the toddler, the way tiny ghosts of your living children haunted your heart; they could never know, and would hate it if they did, how their growing was a constant bereavement.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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After you get what you want you don't want it.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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Writers of color are given certain messages - explicit or implicit - about what they're allowed to write about or what will be successful if they write about it. And white writers are given another set of implicit and, sometimes, explicit messages.
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Politicians do not enter into wars lightly. It is usually the military themselves who are keener to become involved.
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Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.
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Someone will say to me, Oh that's so Jewish to interrupt. I say to myself, okay, is that code for you hate Jews? Or am I just being paranoid?
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All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God
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How awful it was, thought Tessa, remembering Fats the toddler, the way tiny ghosts of your living children haunted your heart; they could never know, and would hate it if they did, how their growing was a constant bereavement.
