F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
'The truth is that the public has done one of those startling and amazing things that they do about once in a hundred years. They’ve seized an idea.''What is it?''That however the brains and abilities of men may differ, their stomachs are essentially the same.'
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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The day the producers aren't minting money, or the fans are done with me and, most of all, I as a person get bored of acting, I will stop and pursue my other interests. There is a lot to do: painting, writing, direction.
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not how it happened.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.
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When we design for non-Latin, we always aim to create a rhythm and texture that is sympathetic so when you have the two scripts running side by side, they create, ideally, the same tonal value on the page.
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Some people would say again that my attitudes are cold and cerebral; I suppose if you're thinking about American sentimental movies, I suppose they would be.
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Keynesian economics has always been needed.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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'The truth is that the public has done one of those startling and amazing things that they do about once in a hundred years. They’ve seized an idea.''What is it?''That however the brains and abilities of men may differ, their stomachs are essentially the same.'
