J. K. Rowling Quotes
I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. Hagrid seized his pink umbrella and whirled it over his head "NEVER -" he thundered "- INSULT -ALBUS -DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME!
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Scholastic, 1998, p. 59.
Russert was so angry at the Sept. 11 attack that he felt he could not maintain objectivity in reporting regarding what America’s response ought to be. Like Pearl Harbor, almost all Americans were outraged. There were probably few American journalists who did not feel anger, but with Russert’s high standards of journalistic integrity he worried about it more and expressed his concern. Ironically, in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the American press & media tended not to examine administration responses with their normal cynicism and suspicion. At the time, George W, Bush, one of America’s poorest Presidents was in office, and before the media and the public looked into all the administration’s actions, the United States had gotten into what turned out to be a series of foreign policy and military quagmires, and had given $ billions worth of contracts to companies associated with the Vice President, the President’s family and others. Much of the money was never found or justified.
Moyers was also an ordained Baptist Minister. At a White House dinner, Moyers was asked to say grace. He did so in a soft and reverent voice. President Johnson, seated far away, and not hearing Moyers words clearly said in a loud voice, “Speak up, Bill. Speak up.” Moyer’s response followed.
Carter beat Kennedy in the Primaries bit lost to Ronald Reagan in the General Election.
Joanne Rowling CH, OBE, HonFRSE, FRCPE, FRSL, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, film producer, television producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the best-selling book series in history. The books are the basis of a popular film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films. She also writes crime fiction under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
