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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Ah, well, people can be stupid abou' their pets, said Hagrid wisely.
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And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated? barked Uncle Vernon. Well... said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to reveal his sinisterly revolving eye. Uncle Vernon lept backward in horror and collided painfully with a luggage trolley. Yes, I'd have to say you do, Dursley.
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Directly above them, framed in the doorway from the Brain Room, stood Albus Dumbledore, his wand aloft, his face white and furious. Harry felt a kind of electric charge surge through every particle of his body - they were saved.
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Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.
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I'd always said never say never, because I knew that Warner Brothers wanted to do something with Fantastic Beasts, and I did have kind of a yen to do that.
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The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.
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Scrimgeour: It's time you learned some respect! Harry: It's time you earned it.
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Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.
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Ron, said Hermione in a dignified voice, you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.
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Well, think back, said Harry. Have you ever let it slip that you'd like to go out in public with the words 'My Sweetheart' round your neck?
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If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
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He tried to give his wife pleasure in little ways, because he had come to realize, after nearly two decades together, how often he disappointed her in the big things. It was never intentional. They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life.
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Hermione turned and beamed at Harry her eyes, too, were full of tears. ‘…then I declare you bonded for life.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. I was determined to try. I was determined to try because, frankly, my life was such a mess at this point, what - what was the worst that could happen? Everyone turn me down? Big deal.
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The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.
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Of course we still want to know you! Harry said, staring at Hagrid. You don't think anything that Skeeter cow - sorry, Professor, he added quickly, looking at Dumbledore. I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry, said Dumbledore, twiddling his thumbs and staring at the ceiling.
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Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.
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The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.
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Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or – Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet. Great idea though, thanks, Mum.
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