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... you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Course Dumbledore trusts you,” growled Moody. “He’s a trusting man, isn’t he? Believes in second chances. But me — I say there are spots that don’t come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean?
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Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.
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