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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Ultimately, it doesn't matter to the world whether you paint or dance or write. The world will probably get by without the product of your efforts. But that is not the point. The point is what the inner process of following your creative impulses will do to you. It is clearly about process. Love the work, love the process. Our fascination will pull our attention forward. That, also, will fascinate the viewer.
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If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighborhood, learn science; try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
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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.
