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I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?

J. K. Rowling

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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I haven’t got the heart to take the mickey out of him, even,” said Fred, looking over at Ron’s crumpled figure. “Mind you . . . when he missed the fourteenth . . .” He made wild motions with his arms as though doing an upright doggy-paddle. “Well, I’ll save it for parties, eh?
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Do I look stupid? snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache.
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