Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than I was and began diverting all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

—J. K. Rowling

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Joanne Rowling ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy series about a young wizard and the best-selling book series in history, with over...

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I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

—J. K. Rowling

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

—J. K. Rowling

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

—J. K. Rowling

Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

—J. K. Rowling

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

—J. K. Rowling

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I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

—J. K. Rowling

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

—J. K. Rowling

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

—Henry David Thoreau

I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

—Edward Albee

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

—Dorothea Brande

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