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 -
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason -
Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
Karin Slaughter -
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 -
I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
Laura Harrier -
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 -
One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
Edmund White -
I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
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 -
It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
Ian Millar -
'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 -
A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
Felicity Huffman -
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 -
The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
Sam Houston -
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 -
My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very interesting person, so the characters I play are usually much more fun.
Nathan Kress
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I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.
Christopher Lee -
I think we have to have capital punishment, I think there has to be something to contain certain people. Those deterrents I think are necessary, especially in prison. You can threaten people for just so long, but they can flip you off and do what they want to; but not if they have to die. I hate it, though, the thought of the death penalty is terrible, but it's completely necessary.
Merle Haggard -
Music changes so fast, and we're in a singles market.
Bebe Rexha -
Sunday night is curry night. I always order a spinach paneer and a chicken tikka. There's usually something good on TV like 'Mr Selfridge' or 'Downton Abbey,' so I'll watch them before I have to think about blowdrying my hair and all the other boring stuff us girls have to do!
Donna Air -
Experiences with Angels do not occur to people by chance. There is a sort of run-up to the experience.
H. C. Moolenburgh -
People never believe you.
J. D. Salinger