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JAMES BROWN He then put both hands on the door on either side of my head and leaned in close, pinning me against... COLLEEN HOUCK Draco: "Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger." — J.K. Rowling (Ha... J.K. ROWLING LDraco: "Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger." — J.K. Rowling (H... J.K. ROWLING He offered me a lot of cash. I just called my supervisor, and he ran off. PAO XIONG He was the joy of my life. Words cannot describe what he meant to me ... Sometimes in life you need ... HELEN ANDERSON Referrals are very powerful. When I refer you, I give a little bit of my reputation away. If you do ... IVAN MISNER Hallo, Pooh,” said Rabbit. “Hallo, Rabbit,” said Pooh dreamily. “Did you make that... A.A. MILNE This is a little surprising, because I know that some of the integration work had already taken plac... ROBERT MARTIN The Hobbit is based on an earlier, shorter book, written by legendary author J.K. Rowling. This make... 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ROWLING I heard my mother talking badly of me to people who were talking badly of me in her salon. That'... VINCENT GALLO Many times, when I was having a hard time with one of my children, God would always remind me that H... CHARLIE "TREMENDOUS" JONES I was bullied very badly in high school. I was a very successful kid. I sold my first company at a y... CHARLIE EBERSOL I think I'll have complex feelings about [the last book], ... It's clearly the series that I will be... ARTHUR LEVINE You remind me of a boy I used to know Same Smile, same easy, laid-back style And man, coul... MALORIE BLACKMAN I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the... MIRIAM MARGOLYES A lot of people let me down... A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me. LIL' KIM I feel like J. K. Rowling's world is one that is owned by everyone in some ways. People have gro... EDDIE REDMAYNE Well, it was hard to find anybody, but I called my high school boyfriend and said, 'Can you tell the... ALICE RIVLIN J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern tele... MICHAEL O'BRIEN I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a l... ESPERANZA SPALDING The word "lesson" came back to Pooh as one he had heard before somewhere. "There's a thing cal... A.A. MILNE I was under the impression that you had to be a student to be on it. ANDY ENGEL I think (others) were hoping James Sullivan might become a better person before he came out. A lot o... DEBRA KLAYMAN Chavez went to the poorest congressional district in the nation's richest city, and people on the st... JOSE SERRANO A lot of people in the automotive industry thought he'd sort of exited through the back door when he... GAREL RHYS The third and fourth set, I felt I was a bit living on the edge with my serve. 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ROWLING The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate ... J.K. ROWLING Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hint... J.K. ROWLING Bubotubers,” Professor Sprout told them briskly. “They need squeezing. You will collect the pus ... J.K. ROWLING Wow !” said Dennis, as though nobody in their wildest dreams could hope for more than being ... J.K. ROWLING Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to ... J.K. ROWLING We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore J.K. ROWLING I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” J.K. ROWLING He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor tower. Cho's voice echoin... J.K. ROWLING She’s a veela! ” he said hoarsely to Harry. “Of course she isn’t!” said Hermion... J.K. ROWLING I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I wa... J.K. ROWLING He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here lik... J.K. ROWLING You know your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ... J.K. ROWLING I hate being poor. J.K. ROWLING As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don�... J.K. ROWLING Play to your strengths." "I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself.... J.K. ROWLING Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby! J.K. ROWLING No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had e... J.K. ROWLING She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M... J.K. ROWLING Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye. J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Hello, Professor McGonagall,” said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher. “What �... J.K. ROWLING He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "... J.K. ROWLING Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sur... J.K. ROWLING Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,' said the Ministry wizard, and he bran... J.K. ROWLING Really Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin... J.K. ROWLING Well, I’m sure you’ll find someone somewhere who’ll have you. J.K. ROWLING Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid. "You don't think anything ... J.K. ROWLING Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being bor... J.K. ROWLING Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick h... J.K. ROWLING She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Pot... J.K. ROWLING But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. “Hermione... J.K. ROWLING I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memor... J.K. ROWLING Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him. J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. J.K. ROWLING You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! J.K. ROWLING I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the sh... J.K. ROWLING We're coming or you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and D... J.K. ROWLING Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...." "I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily eno... J.K. ROWLING Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and wha... J.K. ROWLING I love magic! J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn,... J.K. ROWLING Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even t... J.K. ROWLING He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him... J.K. ROWLING Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a so... J.K. ROWLING I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book J.K. ROWLING Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you'll get caughty. J.K. ROWLING Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the p... J.K. ROWLING Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Un... J.K. ROWLING Why do you live? Because I have something worth living for. J.K. ROWLING I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail. . . . Gladys G... J.K. ROWLING Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Ver... J.K. ROWLING Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender? J.K. ROWLING