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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In the last analysis, terrorism is an idea generated by capitalism to justify better defense measures to safeguard capitalism.
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I know that a creed is the shell of a lie.
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I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.
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When women think of power, we shouldn't think of it only for ourselves. We should be thinking about what we're going to do with power, once we have it. Women should be standing up powerfully and passionately for the care and protection of children, as well as the care and protection of the Earth itself. Women's voices should be front and center in protecting both our young and our habitat. That's the way it is in any species that survives.
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I think that the first men to land on Pluto are going to make some very astonishing discoveries. But I am also sure that they will never go there in rockets. They will have to make the immense trip by some more powerful means - like the anti-gravitational drive.
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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.
