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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Well, usually when a person shakes their head," said McGonagall coldly, "they mean 'no.' So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans."

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"I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth."

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Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director
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"If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune."

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Karen O Musician
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"I try to sing whatever the music makes me feel. And we play so much music from the other records at shows that I hope no one will miss the old style too much."

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Larry Holmes Boxer
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"Muhammad Ali could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion."

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Jack Bruce Musician
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"I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've got that passion; it was sort of a Celtic thing. The Irish and Scots they just go for it and not too worried about looking good. When I was in the states touring, I landed in Seattle to do a gig and one of the fans came to me and told me about Gary's death. It was very hard for me to carry on, it was awful."

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Neil Gaiman Author
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"Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes, please," whispered the dog. "Only not toffee ones. They make me drool." "I thought chocolates weren't very good for dogs," she said, remembering something Miss Forcible had once told her. "Maybe where you come from," whispered the little dog. "Here, it's all we eat."

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter
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"I don't have a television set up [in the mountains], of course, but I find I don't miss it at all, or the newspaper. I've sneaked a radio into by cabin, but I find I turn it on very rarely."

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James Keller Inventor, Humanitarian
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"A young lady had only one complaint about her good husband: "My husband always praises me to other people," she said, "Often I hear from friends the wonderful things he has said about me. But I miss something, because he never gets around to saying these some things to me, to my face.""

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