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'Harry Potter' gave me back se...

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

I do get recognized, but I mus...

I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

I don't read 'chick lit,' fant...

I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

I'm interested in that drive, ...

I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

The thing about the 600 words,...

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

I don't think I am evangelical...

I don't think I am evangelical in my work.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

If you love something - and th...

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Hermione, will you please Ђ'Ђќ...

Hermione, will you please Ђ'Ђќ 'Don't you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!Ђќ she screeched. 'Don't you dare! Give it back now! And YOU!Ђќ She was pointing at Ron in dire accusation: It was like a malediction, and Harry could not blame Ron for retreating several steps.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

As the sun fell below the hori...

As the sun fell below the horizon, Sir Luckless emerged from the waters with the glory of his triumph upon him, and flung himself in his rusted armor at the feet of Amata, who was the kindest and most beautiful woman he had ever beheld. Flushed with success, he begged for her hand and her heart, and Amata, no less delighted, realized that she had found a man worthy of them.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Like a tongue on frozen steel,...

Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame Ђ'

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

This exchange marked the begin...

This exchange marked the beginning of Mr. Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favorite Death Eater. My response prompted several further letters from Mr. Malfoy, but as they consisted mainly of opprobrious remarks on my sanity, parentage, and hygiene, their relevance to this commentary is remote.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Fred and George turned to each...

Fred and George turned to each other and said together, 'Wow Ђ' we're identical!

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A Wrackspurt . . . They're inv...

A Wrackspurt . . . They're invisible. They float in through your ears and make your brain go fuzzy,Ђќ she said. 'I thought I felt one zooming around in here.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

I am very frustrated by fear o...

I am very frustrated by fear of imagination, I don't think that's healthy.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

I am prouder of my years as a ...

I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Oh, HONESTLY, don't you two re...

Oh, HONESTLY, don't you two read?

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Welcome to a new year at Hogwa...

Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

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He's a werewolf! That's why he...

He's a werewolf! That's why he's been missing classes!

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

It was as though they had been...

It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel Ђ' past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment...

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Failure is so important. We sp...

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

Joanne Rowling 30 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....