J. D. Salinger Quotes
I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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I spent a good amount of my time - like a lot of guys my age - obsessing and blowing things up with G.I. Joes. I know it well.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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Oh my gosh, if I could be on '30 Rock', my life would be made. That is my favorite show. My absolute favorite show.
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Adequacy is sufficient.
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white.
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If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
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There is no such thing as Something for nothing.
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I have grown up loving Shakespeare.
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
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Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.
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'People don't expect to die tomorrow, but they do take out insurance, don't they?'
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We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.'
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These Are the music of meet resignation; these The responsive, still sustaining pomps for you To magnify, if in that drifting waste You are to be accompanied by more Than mute bare splendors of the sun and moon.
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Waiting the word of the Master, Watching the Hidden Light; Listening to his orders In the very midst of the fight; Seeing His slightest signal Across the heads of the throng; Hearing His faintest whisper Above earth's loudest song.
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So much one man can do,That does both act and know.
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Great artists have no country.
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We need to take care of people that are out there busting their butts trying to make it; that's what everyone's done for me.
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Despite my confidence and self-belief, I've always wrestled with feelings of insecurity. To be honest, I think most people in show business are insecure.
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What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?
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I'm not very charismatic or telegenic. I feel bad for the kids waiting three hours in line for their book to be signed.
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I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.
