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If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did.

J. D. Salinger

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J. D. Salinger
Age: 91 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
Author
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Writer
New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
Heard
Everybody
Hate
Around
Phonies
Enough
Applauding
Long
Phony
World
Sat
Swear

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