J. D. Salinger Quotes
Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.
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I always believe that people can learn a broader skill set. You need good technology and solving a big problem. I always think that, at it's core, it's solving a problem; you're not building technology for the sake of technology.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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I am so, so lucky. I am the luckiest girl in the world, really. And still with access to everything I could possibly want I still say 'Oh dear, what am I going to wear today?' There's no ending to that question!
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I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.
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I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.
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When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'
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Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else - and must not a waiter be a little less than a waiter to be a good Bohemian?
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Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.
