J. D. Salinger Quotes
And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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I love the Army with every bone in my body.
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If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.
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I go to bed when the kids go to bed because I get up when they get up at 5.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.
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I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.'
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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
