J. D. Salinger Quotes
Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
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Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.
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Unfortunately there's nothing, really, that can be done that's going to affect energy prices or gasoline prices in the very short run.
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Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.
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I just love music. I love writing songs. It's not even a job; it's a gift. I'm waiting for someone to kick me out of the party because I snuck in here, and I keep thinking somebody's going to figure out that I have no clue. Turns out that most of them have even less of a clue.
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One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.
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Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion.
