J. D. Salinger Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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A lot of our animation projects are co-productions with French production companies.
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I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements.
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In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
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I like music a lot.
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I never read about photography.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.
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My mother taught me to read.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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I don't trust a lot of journalists.
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Comedy requires a lot of energy.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.
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Listen, a lot of religions have fundamentalists.
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I would read all day if I could.
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I don't know a lot about politics.
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I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.
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I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.
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People, including me, can get so detached from everything, but when you can focus on a defined place, a home, it gets you back in touch.
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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
