Quotes from authors born on Jul 31st
It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. Rowling
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
J. K. Rowling
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
Peter Benenson
Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
J. K. Rowling
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
J. K. Rowling
Jean-Louis Trintignant 
Samuel de Champlain 
Rusty Schweickart 
Louis Adolphe Thiers 
Jacky Ickx 
Rock Hudson 
Ed Sullivan 
Morris West