F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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We don't want our players getting hurt.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.
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Polonium is, frankly, pretty useless, and no country in the world except Russia bothered to refine it by the late 2000s.
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I got to do a lot of good things at a young age. I really kind of knocked out my bucket list when I was really young.
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You can tell a lot about a person from his underwear.
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People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.
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The world is going to change, whether we like it or not. We can participate in that change or we can be the victims of that change. In a way. Either we go in our stupidity ignorance, and arrogance, bring more destruction in a way, or we're forced to change.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.
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This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes.
