F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.
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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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Oh! what waves of crime and bloodshed have swept like the waves of a deluge down the valley of the Rhine! War has laid his mailed hand on those desolate towers and ruthlessly torn down what time has spared, yet he could not mar the beauty of the shore, nor could Time himself hurl down the mountains that guard it.
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Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.
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The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.
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There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it.
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I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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The Constitution's pretty clear. The Federalist papers are pretty clear... They very specifically delegated the power to declare war to Congress. They wanted this to be a congressional decision; they did not want war to be engaged in by the executive without approval of Congress.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.
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One of the brilliant things I realised after I'd left school is that there are so many ways you can learn. I do this best on the job.
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It's not the extremes and the treats that are the problem. It's the everyday.
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to have knowledge, while actually knowing nothing, is less smarter than you, who claim to know nothing.
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One of the local reporters assured me Garrison would put in an appearance for the cross-examination, but as the courtroom settled down and the rear doors were closed, there was no sign of him.
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The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
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Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.
