"It is not our abilities that tell us who we truly are. It is our choices." -Richard Harris, "Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets" What is the meaning of this quote?
It's not what you can do, it's what you do with it.
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Caw
"I am a Canadian by birth, but I am a Highlander by blood and feel under an obligation to do all I can for the sake of the Highlanders and their literature.... I have never yet spoken a word of English to any of my children. They can speak as much English as they like to others, but when they talk to me they have to talk in Gaelic."
-Alexander Maclean Sinclair of Goshen (protector of Gaelic Culture)
I just thought it was a cool quote from Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets .
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Mike F.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
The quote has to do with the gutting of society by the cheese merchants who posess the tiny clay pots that hold all the lint. As long as they exist, the universe will always be fuzzy and dusty souls will walk the after life insearch of the Karmic lint brushes.
Hmmmmm...... to go back to the first book...Harry being new to Hogwarts and wizardary in General,merely was brainwashed about a comment that Ron had brought up prior to the sorting hat "there isnt a student that hasnt turned bad that has not been in slytherin" this statement i believe started a chain of events that even had the sorting hat swearing up and down the griffindor was the wrong house.... Yet as Harry grew and realized what his potential was becoming(one heck of a wizard ) His abilities as dumbldore had told him and troubled Harry, wasnt that Voldemort and him were alike ....they posessed the same skills...yet Voldemort chose a dark path....where as Harry has used his unforseen powers for good...
As you get deeper within the books you will see where Harry has many an oppurtunity to turn the skills he now has into a weapon of evil....
Yet time and time again...through blind luck or just fate...Harry outwits voldemort over/over....
Harry had the full option to side /w voldemort in "the sorcerers stone" (or philosophers stone..as the original book was titled) nothing would make him happier than to bring back his mother,father...(his first choice) think ya know the outcome of this.... see where im going
simply put.....what seperates us from all other living things is our ability to make a "choice" ... our gift of free will
gandster
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Described as "bagpipes with an attitude," the energy and vitality that Wolfstone brings to the stage is infectious; their audiences are often brought to their collective feet with the opening notes of the first tune. Wolfstone and Mark saul in concert together..theres 1 heck of a shindig !!
i consider myself a sensitive inteligent fellow with the soul of a clown that forces me to blow it at the most crucial moment"..
I just thought it was a cool quote from Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets .
Great movie even greater book! I'll post this in the next week or two on my white board and see what the students have to say. Wonderful quote!!
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JaneyMae
Tangle Goblinwitch: She is only seen in the enchanted moment between sleep and waking
"Never miss a chance to shut up." Will Rogers
Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter. Lullabies, dreams and love ever after. A thousand welcomes when anyone comes... That's the Irish for You!
Lol .... i actually liked Goblet of fire the best.....even waiting over 2 years for the 5th book "order of the phoenix"
ps!!! june 4th here in wa. state anyway is the release of .. The prison of Azkhban my wife,daughter ,and I have seen both movies and each own our own copies of all the books lol gandster
I love Harry Potter. Read all the books and watched the movies so many times, know the lines. I always felt that quote from the movie for me meant we all have choices that can determine who and what we become, and how important it is to weigh those choices. Each choice can take you down different roads. And all roads lead somewhere... Annabelle
We have all the books. When Order of the Phoenix came out, we had four bookmarks going at once, and as soon as one person set it down, another family member picked it up.
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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read--Groucho Marx
I'm looking forward to the 3rd movie. I hope J.K. Rowling puts out the next book at a time when I'm not in the middle of a semester at college. When I read her books, I like to sit down and read them as much as possible, until I'm done. I'm not as particular about how I watch the movies, but Rowling is such a descriptive writer, that I like to get totally engrossed in her stories
I'm looking forward to the 3rd movie. I hope J.K. Rowling puts out the next book at a time when I'm not in the middle of a semester at college. When I read her books, I like to sit down and read them as much as possible, until I'm done. I'm not as particular about how I watch the movies, but Rowling is such a descriptive writer, that I like to get totally engrossed in her stories
~*Sarah*~
somehow it is difficult to think of JK Rowlings "putting out".....
taps finger...er....yeah....my wife loves to read out loud and her scottish accent keeps my ears wanting the next sentance.....it is ironic ...i fought reading the series till i heard it read...i was engrossed on the spot, and had to know what happend next!!...My daughter (now 10) and my wife would take turns reading....both have very soft voices but hold you on every word.... i dunno what it is to see your child read a book with such conviction that you feel part of it.... once and again a word will pop up my daughter stuggles /w only to find my wife sharing the meaning and the pronunciation.....the movies themselves just for me give me insight to the true names...like how many times did you pronounce or read herminoes name different till you knew ..... (Her-my-knee).... little things like that ... gandster
A year and a 4 months ago I went to Alnwick Castle and Gloucheshire Abbey two of the places Harry Potter was filmed at. It actually took 4 different places to make the first two movies. The third movie has places around Glencoe in it. They were looking for some place a bit more rugged in terraine and Glencoe Scotland fit the bill. I have a picture of me in the hallway at Glouchesshire where they went into the Gryfendorph common house. There isn't really a door where the lady asks for the password. There is a wall there. Amazinng how they do that in the movie. I also have a picture of me pointing at the window where the spiders were supposidly going thru the window. Amazing!