J. D. Salinger Quotes
In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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I am not honest.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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No two wars are identical.
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I'm creating my own future.
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I was raised in the '70s, and I've worked with people I love, and I've been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.
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I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees.
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I still blog, but I do think blogging will become obsolete, as there are more ways of interacting on the Web with low barriers to entry for people to engage and participate.
Biz Stone -
Like most people, I woke up one day to find that everyone I knew was taking antidepressants, and since I wasn't, I figured that I must be the cause of their depression.
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In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.
