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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Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
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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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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Some people are like cats - if they're dropped upside down, they land on their feet. I get a little irritated about stories like that.
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Well, I can wear heels now.
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At the end of the day, we're just trying to be honest and, hopefully, get more females on the radio.
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It depends on the way you shoot it. It's something I don't really control. The main goal is to make a funny movie, but then I let my mind go. I get lost sometimes in the writing, trying to find some special zones. That's the excitement of making a movie.
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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.
