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J. D. Salinger Quotes

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
J. D. Salinger

Biography

Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: American
Born: January 1, 1919
Died: January 27, 2010

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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.
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People never notice anything.
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People never believe you.
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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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Act, Acted, Actors, Celebrities, Explain, Good, Hard, Knew, Mean, More, Too, Were

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Act, Acted, Celebrities, Explain, Good, Hard, Knew, Mean, More, Too, Were