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Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.)

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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Novelist
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New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
Noticed
Survive
Praise
Artist
Anything
Real
Happily
Even
Suspect
Suspects

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