Joanne Rowling Quotes
The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
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One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.
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There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring.
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It is curious that nearly all the great fortunes are made by turning beautiful things into ugly ones. Making beauty out of ugliness is very ill-paid work.
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Of course we don't want the price of gasoline to go up, we want it to go down.
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I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it.
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The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
