J. D. Salinger Quotes

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.

J. D. Salinger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010

Topics

LoveTimeHellYouFallDown

You know, in our culture today, our Western, reductionist, Roman, linear, fragmented... culture, we don't ask how to make a pig happy. We ask how to grow it faster, fatter, bigger, cheaper, and that's not a noble goal.

Joel Salatin

TodayCultureHappyGrowGoalPig

In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.

John Niven

EndStandYouPartyDrinkEat

I guess as long as people think of me for different ages, I'll trust their opinion. I remember noticing one year that Michelle Monaghan played 34 and 19, so I've kind of clung to that as my justification that I can be Jake Gyllenhaal's wife and a freshman in college in the same year.

Anna Kendrick

TrustWifePeopleCollegeMeThink

'All Def' is unlike any other comedy show or set because 'All Def' goes back to the essence of how urban comedy started. We give it a 'stoop appeal.' A stoop appeal is important for us because it's where pretty much all black comics started doing their standup: cracking jokes on the stoop, in the hood.

Tony Rock

BlackComedyDoingHoodBackJokes

Extreme sports tricks are becoming increasingly complex, the courses ever more challenging and crashes all too common.

Lucy Walker

SportsMoreComplexBecomingCommon

It's cool to think about nursing, because a lot of people decide to go into it later in their lives. I could slip into school to be an LPN or an RN as a middle-aged man, and it wouldn't be unusual.

Lou Barlow

ManSchoolPeopleCoolThinkGo

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet.

Judy Blume

HomeCreativeCollegeWritingLoved

Allan Cubitt has written exceptional material, and I feel very privileged to be working with him and the very talented cast.

Colin Morgan

FeelHimWorkingCastI FeelVery

I have no intention of flattering people. I like wrinkles and crow's feet and flaws, and somebody should know, if I'm going to photograph them, that's going to show up, you know?

Chuck Close

PeopleFeetWrinklesYouFlawsKnow

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Anthony Trollope

PlantsStrongGrowWallKnowTower

One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static and impersonal, whereas a person is active and dynamic.

William Hull

IdeasProblemPersonActiveDynamic

Don't be afraid to be who you really are. Enjoy it and don't take it and yourself so seriously. I probably wouldn't have listened, but if I did, I would have saved myself some heartache along the way.

Shawn Michaels

MyselfYourselfEnjoyYouSeriously

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