The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.
J. D. SALINGERAn artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
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There are nice things in the world – and I mean nice things. We’re all such morons to get so sidetracked.
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I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people…Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me.
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It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road.
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I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.
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I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.
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An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.
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I mean they don’t seem able to love us just the way we are. They don’t seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.
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Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
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You don’t know how to talk to people you don’t like. Don’t love, really. You can’t live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.
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I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I’m going, I’m liable to say I’m going to the opera. It’s terrible.
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Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid.
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You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze in this goddam phenomenal world.
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It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
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