J. D. Salinger Quotes
It was just terrible! And the worst part was, I knew what a bore I was being, I knew how I was depressing people, or even hurting their feelings- but I just couldn't stop! I just could not stop picking!
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin's life, the literary and artistic.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
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The University of Nebraska says that elderly people that drink beer or wine at least four times a week have the highest bone density. They need it - they're the ones falling down the most.
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I have never been able to see myself as fitting into one category, and I have never been able to limit my contact with people to one group of people.
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The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
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People say I'm bad at a lot of things. One I agree with is that I'm a bad driver.
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The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified.
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It was just terrible! And the worst part was, I knew what a bore I was being, I knew how I was depressing people, or even hurting their feelings- but I just couldn't stop! I just could not stop picking!
