Joanne Rowling Quotes
Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
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Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.
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The great thing about doing a play is you get this rehearsal period, which you don't get with most film and television roles.
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Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back.
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When I grew up, what was interesting for me was that music was color and life was gray. So music for me has always been more than entertainment.
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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.
