J. D. Salinger Quotes
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There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't know if it was the Gavin Report or something like that. And they said, no matter what McGuire comes out with next, we're not gonna play it.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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I've lived in LA for so long, I don't even know what is real and what isn't any more.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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You can't try and make something you think someone else will like. You can only make what you like. How can you make a song that Yo-Landi Visser likes? You don't know me. You'll never understand me.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
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Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.
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You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.
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How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?
