J. D. Salinger Quotes
The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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The vast majority of studies say anti-aging supplements don't work.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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No two wars are identical.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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Make health care a right, not a privilege.
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I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.
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I remember in high school thinking that I wanted to be a lawyer, and now I realize I saw that movie 'And Justice for All' when I was a kid and thought, 'That's what lawyers do, and I want to get up and yell and scream in the middle of a courtroom.'
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I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D.C., the capital of the Nation, with the slogan, 'We loyal Negro American citizens demand the right to work and fight for our country.'
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We want to let our play be the judges.
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I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.
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I came from a real tough neighborhood. On my street, the kids take hubcaps - from moving cars.
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When you go to a Japense wedding, make sure that you tie the ribbon on the present tightly because if you don't, you may imply that you don't think the marriage will last.
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There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her it was somehow her fault, and with a man that's not true.
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When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear it, then people in my management, then my wife and my boys and my friends, and if they're all lovin' it, it's kind of withstanding all the criticism I need.
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The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
