F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
John T. Unger came from a family that had been well known in Hades - a small town on the Mississippi River - for several generations.
Quotes to Explore
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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.
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I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
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A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.
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Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why not be in the park with the bums passing a short dog? Why pay taxes, why get educated? Of course literature is an escape. You have to fill the hours.
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John T. Unger came from a family that had been well known in Hades - a small town on the Mississippi River - for several generations.
