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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I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.
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For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision.
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Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is another good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word.
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I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.
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Sisters have ways of socializing brothers into the mysteries of girls. Brothers have ways of socializing sisters into the puzzle that is boys.
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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.
