J. D. Salinger Quotes
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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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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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The divorce was the toughest thing in my life. It still hurts.
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With myself, how to pass time becomes sometimes the question - unavoidably, though it strikes me as a thing unspeakably sad in a life so short as ours.
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I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.
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The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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It takes heart to be in political life.
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When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.
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At this point of my life, I'm 32 and I feel sexier than ever because you know what you want.
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To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.
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Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
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Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
