#pre

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#humans #knack #precisely #them #things

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#even #foolproof #his #impress #knew

I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it? ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#condemning #drive #i #interested #judgment

The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#class #classes #find #funny #i

I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of hatred that the Hindu nationalists had been spreading. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#been #beyond #congress #had #hard

I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#aspects #colors #comes #designer #hats

When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#costume #different #everyone #go #i

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#doubt #move #president #up

The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone. ↗

— Ed Royce

#considerable #cost #dollars #done #encourage