Quote by Joanne K. Rowling (about Failures & Mistakes, Taking action, Motivation)

Quote by Joanne K. Rowling (about Failures & Mistakes, Taking action, Motivation)

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.

Joanne K. Rowling

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Failures & Mistakes Taking action Motivation

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If you don't like to read you haven't found the right book.

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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.

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Sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

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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.

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I do have a tendency to walk on the dark side sometimes. I have suffered from depression, I know how that feels, I have an innate inclination that way. Writing does help with that.

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A lot of people say that Slytherins and Gryffindors represent two sides of the same coin.

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But we're not bad people. We're like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood.

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Magic causes as much trouble as it cures.

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If you need to tell your readers something...there are only two characters that you can put it convincingly into their dialogue. One is Hermione, the other is Dumbledore. In both cases you accept, it's plausible that they have, well Dumbledore knows pretty much everything anyway, but that Hermione has read it somewhere.

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Ravenclaws are famous for clambering over each other to get good marks.

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I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

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Do or do not. There is no try.

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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

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Children & Childhood Family Parents

The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.

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The Elves made many rings; but secretly Sauron made One Ring to rule all the others, and their power was bound up with it.

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