Harry Potter Quotes - Page 7

• I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded.

  Steven Spielberg

  Successful, Men, Two

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• I was working on 'Harry Potter' while I was growing up, and the attention it brought me made me feel quite isolated.

  Emma Watson

  Growing Up, Attention, Potters

  "Emma Watson: ambassador with the magic touch" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2014.

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• If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write.

  Emma Watson

  Art, Writing, Years

  "Exclusive Emma Watson Interview". www.seventeen.com. July 5, 2011.

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• What? I'm not ashamed to admit that random things remind me of Harry Potter.

  J. Lynn

  Random Things, Potters, Ashamed

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• Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

  A. N. Wilson

  Dragons, Monsters, Giants

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• Apple enjoys 'Harry Potter'-like adoration and queues because it sells physical objects, limited by the pace of assembly lines in China. To own is to have, to have is to hold, and to hold is to show off.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Apples, Pace, Potters

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• For Harry Potter I have all the time in the world.

  Philippa Gregory

  Potters, World, Dharma Bums

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• He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through." "How very rude of him." "I told him I was." Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. "I am very touched, Harry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Men, Blue

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, 2005.

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• They’re evacuating the younger kids and everyone’s meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We’re fighting.

  J. K. Rowling

  Kids, Fighting, Halls

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• Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?

  J. K. Rowling

  Defeated

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• Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

  J. K. Rowling

  Boys, Potters, Way

  1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, opening lines.

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• Okay. Now my skin is really prickling. I've read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don't remember any half-blood prince. "What's this?" Trying to sound casual, I point at the ad, "What's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?" "That's the latest book," Garth the other trainee, says. "It came out ages ago." I can't help gasping. "There's a sixth Harry Potter?" "There's a seventh out soon!" Diana steps forward eagerly. "And guess what happens at the end of book six-" "Shh!" exclaims Nicole, the other nurse. "Don't tell her!

  Sophie Kinsella

  Book, Blood, Nurse

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• These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that.

  Dan Brown

  Book, Eye, Holy Grail

  Dan Brown (2003). “The Da Vinci Code: A Novel”

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• Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched.

  J. K. Rowling

  Ears, Half, Mouths

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• Debbie had to get up and slice me a thick piece of cake before she could answer. And I do mean thick. Harry Potter volume seven thick. I could have knocked out a burglar with this piece of cake. Once I tasted it, though, it seemed just the right size.

  Maureen Johnson

  Mean, Cake, Size

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.52, Penguin

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• Don't talk to me." "Why not?" "Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Humor, Ferrets

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• I don't think you should be an Auror, Harry," said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. "The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They're working to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within using a mixture of dark magic and gum disease.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Thinking, Magic

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• An Unbreakable Vow?" said Ron, looking stunned. "Nah, he can’t have.... Are you sure?" "Yes I’m sure," said Harry. "Why, what does it mean?" "Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow..." "I’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mean, Doe, Unbreakable

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• Harry Potter has been a fantastic experience and the fact it has made stars of us all is unbelievable at times - it really is magic of a sort.

  Rupert Grint

  Stars, Magic, Facts

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• Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off!

  J. K. Rowling

  Dog, Potters, Rogues

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• She wasn't the only one to be physically morphed by reader expectation. Miss Havisham was now elderly whether she liked it or not, and Sherlock Holmes wore a deerstalker and smoked a ridiculously large pipe. The problem wasn't just confined to the classics. Harry Potter was seriously pissed off that he'd have to spend the rest of life looking like Daniel Radcliffe.

  Jasper Fforde

  Elderly, Rest Of Life, Expectations

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• Harry Potter has kindly joined us for my rebirthing party. One might go so far as to call him my guest of honor.

  J. K. Rowling

  Party, Honor, Potters

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• Scared?" Malfoy muttered, so that Lockhart couldn't hear him. "You wish." said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.

  J. K. Rowling

  Wish, Mouths, Scared

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• Harry Potter has actually been a very intimate phenomenon, the story of small groups of people acting in ways they shouldn't, doing things they usually wouldn't, and making the kind of history that, without Harry, they pretty much couldn't.

  Melissa Anelli

  People, Acting, Groups

  Melissa Anelli (2008). “Harry, A History - Now Updated with J.K. Rowling Interview, New Chapter & Photos: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• How to read "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"? Why, very quickly, to begin with, and perhaps also to make an end. Why read it? Presumably, if you cannot be persuaded to read anything better, Rowling will have to do.

  Harold Bloom

  Potters, Stones, Ends

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