J. D. Salinger Quotes
It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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That connection that I have with my fans is really special, and every time, when I have moments, when I have free time, the only thing that I think about is what I'm going to post, what I'm going to say to my fans.
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If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
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I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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The company should be run from a creative point of view rather than a financial point of view.
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I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.
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I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.
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A good deed hidden in silence dies.
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Government, in its very essence, is opposed to all increase in knowledge. Its tendency is always towards permanence and against change...[T]he progress of humanity, far from being the result of government, has been made entirely without its aid and in the face if its constant and bitter opposition.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
