F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should be adopted and adhered to with fidelity.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.
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The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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Linda Thorson was a great actress with a great body, but she arrived just as 'The Avengers' was losing its appeal.
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Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility.
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And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing.
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One must repay good and ill; but why just to the person who did us good or ill?
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You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.
