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 thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
Laura Harrier
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
Carine Roitfeld
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Windin' your way down on Baker Street,Light in your head and dead on your feet.Well another crazy day,You'll drink the night awayAnd forget about everything.This city desert makes you feel so cold.It's got so many people, but it's got no soul.And it's taking you so longTo find out you were wrong,When you thought it had everything.
Gerry Rafferty
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Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?
Mario Cuomo
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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
Galileo Galilei
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Global warming is the foreboding thunder in the distance. Ocean acidification is the lightning strike in our front yard, right here, right now.
David Horsey
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People never believe you.
J. D. Salinger