F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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After my 10th standard, my life took me into the world of cinema, but I never severed my ties with my love for reading.
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What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
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Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.
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To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
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Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.
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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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Life is never free of contradictions.
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Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church.
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The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization.
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I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands.
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I've been a paratrooper all my life.
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I don't feel the pressure by outsiders. I'm not someone who's easily influenced by the public.
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I'm only giving orders because I'm more efficient and smarter than you are.
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I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.
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The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances bent on keeping me from it.
