F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?
Quotes to Explore
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.'
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in black stand together on the playground.
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I try not to be a prisoner to those kinds of thoughts or ideas of what I think my life should be or shouldn't be. That's why I've never had a five-year plan. I always knew that I wanted to have children. It wasn't kind of something that I discovered later. I also never felt the biological clock ticking because I think I always knew that I wanted to adopt.
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I honestly don't diet or work out regularly. I'm just always running around - you'll never catch me having a day on the sofa.
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She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little.
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The law of grab is the primal law of infancy.
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What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?
