Fred Quotes

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You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!" "What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6))
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How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley. George's fingers groped for the side of his head. "Saintlike," he murmured. "What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?" "Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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Dreams like a podcast, Downloading truth in my ears. They tell me cool stuff." "Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad. He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred." "A god named Fred?
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Rick Riordan
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After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
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Ann Richards
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Where is Wood?" said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn't there. "Still in the showers," said Fred. "We think he's trying to drown himself.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3))
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Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –" "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." "Great idea though, thanks, Mum.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1))
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Hello, Harry" said George, beaming at him. "We thought we heard your dulcet tones." "You don't want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out," said Fred, also beaming. "There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn't hear you.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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Give her hell from us, Peeves.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred. "Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?" "Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?" "I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.
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Fred Rogers
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So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always thought Fred and I should've got E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.
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J.K. Rowling
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Harry!" said Fred, elbowing Percy out of the way and bowing deeply. "Simply splendid to see you, old boy-" "Marvelous," said George, pushing Fred aside and seizing Harry's hand in turn. "Absolutely spiffing." Percy scowled. "That's enough, now," said Mrs. Weasley. "Mum!" said Fred as though he'd only just spotted her and seizing her hand too. "How really corking to see you-
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3))
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Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing. My soul probably looks like Fred Astaire.
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Jarod Kintz (This Book is Not for Sale)
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When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.
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Fred Rogers
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Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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Well, I certainly don't," said Percy sanctimoniously. "I shudder to think what the state of my in-tray would be if I was away from work for five days." "Yeah, someone might slip dragon dung in it again, eh, Perce?" said Fred. "That was a sample of fertilizer from Norway!" said Percy, going very red in the face. "It was nothing personal!" "It was," Fred whispered to Harry as they got up from the table. "We sent it.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4))
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How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said Mr. Weasley. Everyone looked up at him. "Why?" said Percy curiously. "It's because of you, Perce," said George seriously. "And there'll be little flags on the hoods, with HB on them-" "-for Humongous Bighead," said Fred.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3))
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Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Fred, you next," the plump woman said. "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?" "Sorry, George, dear." "Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy and off he went.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1))
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And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1))
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Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. β€œI’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred?
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Rick Riordan (The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3))
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Who're you going with, then?" said Ron. "Angelina," said Fred promptly, without a trace of embarrassment. "What?" said Ron, taken aback. "You've already asked her?" "Good point," said Fred. He turned his head and called across the common room, "Oi! Angelina!" Angelina, who had been chatting with Alicia Spinnet near the fire, looked over at him. "What?" She called back. "Want to come to the ball with me?" Angelina gave Fred a sort of appraising look. "All right, then," she said, and she turned back to Alicia and carried on chatting with a bit of a grin on her face. "There you go," said Fred to Harry and Ron, "piece of cake.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4))
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Has Ron saved a goal yet?” asked Hermione, peering over the top of Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms. β€œWell, he can do it if he doesn't think anyone’s watching him,” said Fred, rolling his eyes. β€œSo all we have to do is ask the crowd to turn their backs and talk among themselves every time the Quaffle goes up his end on Saturday.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Fred Rogers
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Fred and George turned to each other and said together, 'Wow, we're identical!' 'I dunno though, I think I'm still better looking,' said Fred, examining his reflection in the kettle.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
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Fred Rogers
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Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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But before he went loopy he was the life and soul of the party," said Fred. "He used to down an entire bottle of firewhiskey, then run onto the dance floor, hoist up his robes, and start pulling bunches of flowers out of his--" Yes, he sounds like a real charmer," said Hermione, while Harry roared with laughter. Never married, for some reason," said Ron.
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J.K. Rowling
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Hermione drew herself to her full height; her eyes were narrowed and her hair seemed to crackle with electricity. "No," she said, her voice quivering with anger, "but I will write to your mother.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.
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Fred Rogers
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Can't stay long, Mother," he said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-" "Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea." "Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once-" "Or twice-" "A minute-" "All summer-" "Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1))
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Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.
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Fred Rogers
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Ask us no questions and we’ll tell you no lies.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.
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Fred Rogers
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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Fred Rogers
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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Fred Rogers
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Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Xenophilius Lovegood," he said, extending a hand to Harry. "My daughter and I live over the hill, so kind of the Weasleys to invite us. I think you know my Luna?" he added to Ron. "Yes" said Ron. "Isn't she with you?" "She lingered in that charming little garden to say hello to the gnomes, such a glorious infestation! How few wizards realize just how much we can learn from the wise little gnomes β€” or, to give then their correct names, the Gernumbli gardensi." "Ours do know a lot of excellent swear words," said Ron, "but I think Fred and George taught them those.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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What's that supposed to be anyway?" said Fred squinting at Dobby's painting. "Looks like a Gibbon with two black eyes!" "It's Harry," said George pointing at the back of the picture. "Says so on the back." "Good likeness," said Fred grinning. Harry threw his new homework diary at him.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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Hey, look β€” Harry’s got a Weasley sweater, too!” Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on it, the other a G. β€œHarry’s is better than ours, though,” said Fred, holding up Harry’s sweater. β€œShe obviously makes more of an effort if you’re not family.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1))
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We've got it [Percy's Head Boy badge]," Fred whispered to Harry. "We're improving it." The badge now read Bighead Boy.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3))
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The connections we make in the course of a life--maybe that's what heaven is.
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Fred Rogers
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There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
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Fred Rogers
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Fred said, β€œMan, I think he’s gonna make a fuckin’ suit of human skin, using the best parts from each of us.” β€œHoly crap,” said John. β€œHe’ll be gorgeous.
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David Wong (John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End #1))
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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Fred Rogers (Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way)
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This isn't your average book, it's pure gold: Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches. Explains everything you need to know about girls. IF only I'd had this last year I'd have known exactly how to get rid of Lavender and I would've known how to get going with... Well Fred and George gave me a copy, and I've learned a lot. You'd be surprised, it's not all about wandwork, either.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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Fred and George, however, found all this very funny. They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through ...... Percy was deeply disapproving of this behavior. "It is not a laughing matter," he said coldly. "Oh, get out of the way, Percy," said Fred. "Harry's in a hurry." "Yeah, he's off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant," said George, chortling. Ginny didn't find it amusing either. "Oh, don't," she wailed every time Fred asked Harry loudly who he was planning to attack next, or when George pretended to ward Harry off with a large clove of garlic when they met.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2))
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I can't see anyone trying to bump off a quidditch team." Fred: "Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got away with it.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6))
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The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry's mind was in freefall, spinning out of control, unable to grasp the impossibility, because Fred Weasley could not be dead, the evidence of all his senses must be lyingβ€”
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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When he straightened up again, there were six Harry Potters gasping and panting in front of him. Fred and George turned to each other and said together, "Wowβ€”we're identical!
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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Fred Rogers
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We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity.
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Fred Hampton (I Am A Revolutionary: Fred Hampton Speaks (Black Critique))
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This song is dedicated to Frank Zappa, and River Phoenix, Fred Gwynne who played Herman Munster, Dixie Lee Ray, Thomas P, Tip O'Neil, and you, dumb ass, who just threw water on me.
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Kurt Cobain
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George,” said Fred, β€œI think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” β€œYeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life's important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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Fred Rogers
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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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Fred Rogers
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It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Beds empty! No note! Car gone β€” could have crashed β€” out of my mind with worry β€” did you care? β€” never, as long as I’ve lived β€” you wait until your father gets home, we never had trouble like this from Bill or Charlie or Percy β€”" "Perfect Percy,” muttered Fred. β€œYOU COULD DO WITH TAKING A LEAF OUT OF PERCY’S BOOK!” yelled Mrs. Weasley, prodding a finger in Fred’s chest. β€œYou could have died, you could have been seen, you could have lost your father his job —” It seemed to go on for hours. Mrs. Weasley had shouted herself hoarse before she turned on Harry, who backed away. β€œI’m very pleased to see you, Harry, dear,” she said.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2))
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We won't be seeing you,' Fred told Professor Umbridge, swinging his leg over his broomstick. 'Yeah, don't bother to keep in touch,' said George, mounting his own. Fred looked around at the assembled students, and at the silent, watchful crowd. 'If anyone fancies buying a Portable Swamp, as demonstrated upstairs, come to number ninety-three, Diagon Alley β€” Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes,' he said in a loud voice, 'Our new premises!' 'Special discounts to Hogwarts students who swear they're going to use our products to get rid of this old bat,' added George, pointing at Professor Umbridge. 'STOP THEM!' shrieked Umbridge, but it was too late. As the Inquisitorial Squad closed in, Fred and George kicked off from the floor, shooting fifteen feet into the air, the iron peg swinging dangerously below. Fred looked across the hall at the poltergeist bobbing on his level above the crowd. 'Give her hell from us, Peeves.' And Peeves, who Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted
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Fred Rogers
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Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls. We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat. George! Only joking, Mum.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1))
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I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
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Audrey Hepburn
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Life is for service.
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Fred Rogers (Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way)
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The thing I remember best about successful people I've met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they're doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they're doing, and they love it in front of others.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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And Hermione was struggling to her feet in the wreckage, and three red-headed men were grouped on the ground where the wall had blasted apart. Harry grabbed Hermione's hand as they staggered and stumbled over stone and wood. 'No - no - no!' someone was shouting. 'No! Fred! No!' And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.
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Fred Rogers
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Time is Galleons, little brother.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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Oh, shut up Weatherby.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4))
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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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Fred Rogers
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When we were in Diagon Alley,' Harry began, but Mr. Weasley forstalled him with a grimace. Am I about to discover where you, Ron, and Hermione disappeared to while you were supposed to be in the back room of Fred and George's shop?' How did you...?' Harry, please. You're talking to the man who raised Fred and George.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6))
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In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of -- moments when we human beings can say "I love you," "I'm proud of you," "I forgive you," "I'm grateful for you." That's what eternity is made of: invisible imperishable good stuff.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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I might not have a boyfriend, but I have cupcakes, an those tasty bastards haven't let me down yet.
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L.H. Cosway (Painted Faces (Painted Faces, #1))
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If you think I'm going to let six people risk their lives - !' 'because it's the first time for all of us,' said Ron. 'This is different, pretending to be me -' 'Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry,' said Fred earnestly. 'Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as specky, scrawny gits forever.' Harry did not smile. 'You can't do it if I don't cooperate, you need me to give you some hair.' 'Well, that's the plan scuppered,' said George. 'Obviously there's no chance at all of us getting a bit of your hair unless you cooperate.' 'Yeah, thirteen of us against one bloke who's not allowed to use magic; we've got no chance,' said Fred.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
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Fred Rogers
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I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
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Fred Rogers
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I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you have ever done
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Fred Rogers
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When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.
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Fred Rogers
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Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're "equally infinite." Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.
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Fred Rogers
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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Fred Rogers
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You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since Moody’s arrival suddenly broke. Nearly everyone laughed, and Dumbledore chuckled appreciatively. β€œI am not joking, Mr. Weasley,” he said, β€œthough now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag, and a leprechaun who all go into a bar...” Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly. β€œEr β€” but maybe this is not the time... no...” said Dumbledore.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4))
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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.
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Fred Rogers
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At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything that we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service.
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Fred Rogers
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I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something sacred.
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Fred Rogers
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Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?' said Zacharias Smith. 'Here's an idea,' said Ron loudly, 'why don't you shut your mouth?' 'Well, we've all turned up to learn from him, and now he's telling us he can't really do any of it,' he said. 'That's not what he said,' said Fred Weasley. 'Would you like us to clean out your ears for you?' inquired George, pulling a long and lethal-looking metal instrument from inside one of the Zonko's bags. 'Or any part of your body, really, we're not fussy where we stick this,' said Fred.
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5))
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There was a scuffling and a great thump: someone else had clambered out of the tunnel, overbalanced slightly and fallen. He pulled himself up on the nearest chair, looked around through lopsided horn - rimmed glasses and said, 'Am I too late? Has it started? I only just found out, so I - I -' Percy spluttered into silence. Evidently he had not expected to run into most of his family. There was a long moment of astonishment, broken by Fleur turning to Lupin and saying, in a wildly transparent attempt to break the tension, 'So - 'ow eez leetle Teddy?' Lupin blinked at her, startled. The silence between the Weasleys seemed to be solidifying, like ice. 'I - oh yes - he's fine!' Lupin said loudly. 'Yes, Tonks is with him - at her mother's.' Percy and the other Weasleys were still staring at one another, frozen. 'Here, I've got a picture!' Lupin shouted, pulling a photograph from inside his jacket and showing it to Fleur and Harry, who saw a tiny baby with a tuff of bright turquoise hair, waving fat fists at the camera. 'I was a fool!' Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph 'I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -' 'Ministry - loving, family - disowning, power - hungry moron,' said Fred. Percy swallowed. 'Yes I was!
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J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7))
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There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any one thing. A sick child is much more than his or her sickness. A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a medical doctor. You're MUCH more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy; that guilt over falling short of our ideals can be replaced by pride in doing all that we can; and that anger can be channeled into creative achievements... and into dreams that we can make come true.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it.
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Fred Rogers (The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember)
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It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood, A neighborly day for a beauty. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... I've always wanted to have a neighbor just like you. I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you. So, let's make the most of this beautiful day. Since we're together we might as well say: Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor? Won't you please, Won't you please? Please won't you be my neighbor?
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Fred Rogers
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There was a story going around about the Special Olympics. For the hundred-yard dash, there were nine contestants, all of them so-called physically or mentally disabled. All nine of them assembled at the starting line and, at the sound of the gun, they took off. But one little boy didn't get very far. He stumbled and fell and hurt his knee and began to cry. The other eight children heard the boy crying. They slowed down, turned around, and ran back to him--every one of them ran back to him. The little boy got up, and he and the rest of the runners linked their arms together and joyfully walked to the finish line. They all finished the race at the same time. And when they did, everyone in the stadium stood up and clapped and whistled and cheered for a long, long time. And you know why? Because deep down we know that what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.
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Fred Rogers