J. D. Salinger Quotes
I think that one of these days," he said, "you're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute. Not you.J. D. Salinger
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
Lamar Alexander -
Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
Olivia Culpo -
I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
L. E. Modesitt -
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
Viggo Mortensen -
I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
Rabih Alameddine -
Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
Hamza Yusuf
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
Laura Schlessinger -
The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
Carl Jung -
In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
Pat Brown -
Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
Hamza Yusuf -
I was made fun of a lot in middle school. When I was in seventh grade, the popular kids paid the most popular guy to ask me out.
Rachel Bloom -
I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
Natasha Trethewey
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
Galileo Galilei -
I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.
Laura Benanti -
I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
Wayne Grady -
I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
Valerie Bertinelli -
You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you want it to be perfect. If you're not inspired, and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived, and I don't like to write music that's contrived.
Halsey -
Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.
Jackie Speier
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I was at a book convention, in a cab. On one side of me was Arthur Schlesinger; on the other side was William Manchester - real heavyweights. All they were doing was asking me about Charles Manson. The only thing that enables me not to be bored is the people talking about it - they're so interested.
Vincent Bugliosi -
The world wants India to remain an import-based economy. Then India can be a dumping ground where gold can be dumped and other commodities such as oil and gas. They look at India as a huge market.
Anil Agarwal -
The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.
Umberto Eco -
I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
Halima Aden -
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Samuel Butler -
I think that one of these days," he said, "you're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute. Not you.
J. D. Salinger