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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodPeopleMoreMeanHardExplain

The word 'Playboy' alone doesn't exactly give most women a warm, fuzzy feeling, yet many of the Playboy photos end up in the most praised photo and art magazines and in critically acclaimed photo exhibitions.

Joanna Krupa

WomenAloneArtEndWarmFeeling

I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.

Jo Brand

WoodsRidingTwoFallingPlaying

One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.

Joel Edgerton

FitnessSilenceMovingStillnessBig

Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, steadfast friendship she craved but had always found so elusive.

Jennifer Chiaverini

FriendshipOpportunitiesNeverShe

If left-wing extremism continues to flourish in parts which have natural resources of minerals, the climate for investment would certainly be affected.

Anil Agarwal

InvestmentResourcesFlourishNatural

There's guilt about our treatment of native peoples in modern intellectual life, and an unwillingness to acknowledge there could be anything good about Western culture.

Steven Pinker

LifeGoodCultureGuiltIntellectual

It's not really a guilty pleasure, but I love old cartoons. I could watch Bugs Bunny and Tweety all day long.

Robbie Amell

LoveDayLongGuiltyOldBunny

With 'Fantasy Factory,' I want to take skating beyond the Tony Hawk generation and represent the street-skating generation.

Rob Dyrdek

GenerationWantBeyondSkatingHawk

Criticism is always easier than constructive solutions.

Jaron Lanier

CriticismAlwaysSolutionsEasier

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

Joseph Addison

FearDeathPeopleDestroySaveThem

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

Denis Waitley

LifeHealthTreatTransportation

The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. If it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. But if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. And there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes.

David Simon

PeopleStoryCareYouGoMatter

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