J. D. Salinger Quotes
I like to ride in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you're married.
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My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren't essential. It's quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don't have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life.
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The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
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If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.
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I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.
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In America, public opinion is the leader.
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To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous.
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The first thousand days of a baby's life are likely to determine the rest of her life - whether she grows up to be healthy or not, both physically and emotionally.
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Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.
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I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV.
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In terms of competitiveness of new global environment, Kenya will have absolutely no choice but to tackle the most important constraint to its development: it has been corruption.
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Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.
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The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary for the prosperity of a nation as private credit is for the support and wealth of a family.
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I love watching Crufts on the television, especially the agility tests; I find them very impressive.
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Let's say there are things about 'G.I. Joe' that you specifically expect and some things that need to be in the film at certain points, whether it be relationships or certain costume aspects.
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I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them.
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Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight perfectly for the future.
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I felt a sense of fulfillment that an action plan, which I'd laid on the table on the 2nd of February 1990, had been fulfilled, had been properly implemented within the time frame which I envisaged.
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Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.
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There is an artist imprisoned in each one of us. Let him loose to spread joy everywhere.
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The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.
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When I wrote 'Hatchet,' I knew that I was not re-inventing the wheel. That was never my intention. My goal was to make an '80s-style slasher flick that actually holds up. Basically, I wanted to make the movie that I wanted to see and pay no mind to current trends or conventions.
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I enjoy being a girl.
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The pain is not great. But the symbolism is disagreeable.
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I like to ride in trains too much. You never get to sit next to the window anymore when you're married.
