J. D. Salinger Quotes
Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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I just want to do my job.
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I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
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Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us.
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I went around Coimbatore quite often while I was shooting for Velayudham. It's a fascinating place with a lot of energy.
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I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.
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Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.
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Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.
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I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks the use of an angelic (or seemingly angelic character), whose likes have been written about for, oh, about 4,000 years, is ripping off Star Trek, has his head so thoroughly up his ass as to have blipped into an entirely new intestinally-based reality and desperately needs to get a wider frame of reference.
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So, a man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions. Again, this is not a matter of time. There is no end to self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is only from moment to moment, and therefore there is a creative happiness from moment to moment.
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Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.
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I love masculine cuts with suits and chunky jewellery. My hair is so glam, it balances it out, and it's comfy!
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If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
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It's not only the British voters who have doubts about European cooperation. There is skepticism in many other E.U. countries.
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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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And I think that I'd be a natural for scoring horror movies.
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India is mostly vegetarian, and I think that will be crucial to changing the world. I think the United States is lost.
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I feel like certainly there are people expecting 'Looking' to be representative of everyone that's gay, the entire gay community. And it's a dangerous expectation to come in watching the show expecting that. Expecting that out of any show.
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Anytime I've ever been involved in a non-linear story, you see it in a linear manner first, just to make sure it makes sense, and then you chop it up and move it around.
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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
