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Break not an ancient friendship keep it hale Stir round its roots, that it be green of heart Let not the spirit of its growth depart: It is a power to brave the strongest gale.

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring.
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You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil.
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I feel I owe you another explanation Harry, said Dumbledore hesitantly. You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must confess...that I rather thought...you had enough responsibility to be going on with. Harry looked up at him and saw a tear trickling down Dumbledore's face into his long silver beard.
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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!
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Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me, said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.
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Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else.
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