F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
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I had been writing songs for other people for a while, and I made a demo and I put it on my Myspace, which Perez Hilton found and blogged about on his site.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, 'same sex,' then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically you can make against multiple people getting married. These are radical social changes.
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I didn't want to do something typical.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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I don't remake any movie, whether old or of other language.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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The fact that we haven't faced another major terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11 is a very significant achievement, and one that's easy to forget - it's the dog that doesn't bark.
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I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.
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Modern schools and universities push students into habits of depersonalized learning, alienation from nature and sexuality, obedience to hierarchy, fear of authority, self-objectification, and chilling competitiveness. These character traits are the essence of the twisted personality-type of modern industrialism. They are precisely the character traits needed to maintain a social system that is utterly out of touch with nature, sexuality and real human needs.
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Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.
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Why are the people starving?- Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes That's why they're starving Why are people rebellious?- Because those above them meddle in their lives That's why they're rebellious Why do people regard death so lightly?- Because they are so involved with their own living That's why they regard death so lightly In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
