J. D. Salinger Quotes
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
Edmonia Lewis
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
Karin Slaughter
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
Gabriel Iglesias
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
E. W. Howe
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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.
Larry Brown
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
Laura Harrier
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
R. L. Stine
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
Edmund White
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
Lance Bass NSYNC
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I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.
Rachael Taylor
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
Ian Millar
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
Harlan Coben
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
Karen Finerman
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
Karl Urban
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
Felicity Huffman
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Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.
Malcolm Turnbull
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All generations of teens have it hard, I think. Each society and century has its struggles that the others can't compare to.
Lindsay Pearce
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Anyone would think paintings were made like speculations on the stock market, out of the frictions of ambitious young people... ...it sharpens the mind, but clouds your judgement.
Edgar Degas
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People do write books.
Kevin Pietersen
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Seneca the Younger
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After 'Win, Lose or Draw' we were workin' on another album that nobody's ever heard, and it's a good thing nobody heard it.
Butch Trucks
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People never believe you.
J. D. Salinger