J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.
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Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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It's not just that government has failed us. It's not just that we have failed ourselves. It's government. It's individuals. It's sort of everything in between, from families and communities and neighborhoods, churches and so forth.
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio and make it possible for our young people to stay here and build a life in Ohio rather than in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or God knows where.
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There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.
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We shouldn’t be afraid to embrace whimsy, that nagging idea that life could be magical; it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks.
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Live life to the fullest. You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece. Laugh some every day. Keep growing, keep dreaming, keep following your heart. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Nothing matters except life and the love you make.
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France is my home; you are my family. I am carrying all of you in my heart.
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We will never forget and we will not relent until our job is done.
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He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
