It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. - J.K. Rowling
My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer. - J.K. Rowling
Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with. - J.K. Rowling
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain. - J.K. Rowling
No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing. - J.K. Rowling
On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story. - J.K. Rowling
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. - J.K. Rowling
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. - J.K. Rowling
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. - J.K. Rowling
We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. - J.K. Rowling
Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home. - J.K. Rowling
Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. - J.K. Rowling
You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! - J.K. Rowling
If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear. - Phil Jackson
The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within the team. - Phil Jackson
The two teams were both tired, but we were able to ride a little energy in the second half. We were able to build a lead that was tough to overcome. - Phil Jackson
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