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You never get it right, you people, do you? Either we've got Fudge, pretending everything's lovely while people get murdered right under his nose, or we've got you, chucking the wrong people into jail and trying to pretend you've got 'The Chosen One' working for you!

J. K. Rowling

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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