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Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need to learn to defend themselves by the actual practice of doing so rather than familiarity with theory.
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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