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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.

J. D. Salinger

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J. D. Salinger
Age: 91 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
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New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
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Understands
Nobody
Literature
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Anything

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Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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