ACT in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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1 If an actor acts it out, I hardly listen.
2 They acted like they owned the damn place.
3 And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about twelve.
4 They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors.
5 They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all.
6 But when I'm with somebody that's corny, I always act corny too.
7 They acted a little bit the way old Ernie, down in the Village, plays the piano.
8 At the end of the first act we went out with all the other jerks for a cigarette.
9 And then, when the next act was over, they continued their goddam boring conversation.
10 She acted like she felt sorry for him or something, and she wasn't just putting it on.
11 I was sixteen then, and I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen.
12 I don't give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age.
13 He was trying to act very goddam casual and cool and all, but he wasn't any too goddam cool.
14 Partly because I have a lousy vocabulary and partly because I act quite young for my age sometimes.