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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. ...more

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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

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Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

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Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged.

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Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two.

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You can't live without failing at something, unless you love so cautiously you might as well have nit lived at all, in which case, you fail be default...more

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I have noticed more than once in life that a taste for the ineffably twee can go hand-in-hand with a distinctly uncharitable outlook on the world, I o...more

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You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve

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NEWT: Now there's absolutely nothing for you to worry about.JACOB: Tell me - has anyone ever believed you when you told them not to worry?NEWT: My phi...more

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Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself.

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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

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Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also

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A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them as an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. The light ...more

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What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did.

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He wanted to be stopped, to be dragged back, to be sent back home... But he was home. Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldem...more