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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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Nobody
Literature
Funny
Anything
Something
Practically

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I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the theater and plays and literature and all that stuff. If somebody knows quite a lot about all those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
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I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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