Joanne Rowling Quotes
During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate on one book at a time, though occasionally I will get an idea for a future book and scribble it down for future reference.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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Health food makes me sick.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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I find celebrity really scary.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
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Some kids are always getting into trouble or doing stuff, and I stay away from those types. I know I am no better than anyone else in this world. I'm just an actor, that's nothing special. But I'm not into anything bad. Just blackjack.
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Poring over fragments of other people's lives, peering into their bedrooms when they don't know we're there, we thrill to the glamour and the power of secret knowledge, partly detoxified but also heightened by being shared.
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The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all great artists have renounced the use of effects. And in simplifying nature, they made it all the greater.
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With every little bit of change we make in our lives, we can maximize that small change simply by asking ourselves: 'What's next? What can I do now? What additional responsibility can I take on?'
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During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate on one book at a time, though occasionally I will get an idea for a future book and scribble it down for future reference.
