J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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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.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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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.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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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 thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
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I do so dearly believe that no half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
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Team competition is my priority.
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The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
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People never believe you.
