J. D. Salinger Quotes
There isn't anyone anywhere who isn't Seymour's Fat Lady. Don't you know that? Don't you know that goddam secret yet? And don't you know — listen to me, now — don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? . . . Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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The entire NBA knew in 2010 that the best player in the world could be a free agent in 2014. We weren't the only team positioning ourselves for the summer of 2014.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
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The funny thing is I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all I've never had a husband.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.
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I don't need much coaxing.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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In schools throughout the world God's but described to you. Within the spirit's school one sees and loves him too.
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I was not much good as a waitress.
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He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
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Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.
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If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so.
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For me, the best places to write are on planes, trains and at airports. Not hotel rooms but hotel lobbies. I'm really happy when I'm waiting for a plane and the message comes that it's three hours late. Great, I'll get to write!
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Fashion is temporary; fashion is a race. What it's doing is giving you something that you say, "This is the outer wrapping of me." Style is something else. It's not quantifiable. Fashion is about selling. Fashion is about what's in. Style is independent of that; style is individual.
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When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.
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I came from a Halloween-friendly home. My dad, Spencer, was a U.S. Marine captain. But when it came to Halloween, my dad had a soft spot. He would take his three sons and friends on escapades on Halloween night.
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If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.
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Heroes have gone out; quacks have come in; the reign of quacks has not ended with the nineteenth century. The sceptre is held with a firmer grasp; the empire has a wider boundary. We are all the slaves of quackery in one shape or another. Indeed, one portion of our being is always playing the successful quack to the other.
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There isn't anyone anywhere who isn't Seymour's Fat Lady. Don't you know that? Don't you know that goddam secret yet? And don't you know — listen to me, now — don't you know who that Fat Lady really is? . . . Ah, buddy. Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ Himself, buddy.
