F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
It isn't given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. They will not be cured by our most efficacious drugs or slain with our sharpest swords.
Quotes to Explore
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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If people make a lot of introductions, should they get recognized for it? I've never seen a score showing who's a good connector. That'd be useful, right?
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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My kids have grown up knowing that their mom made a big investment in making sure there was art and language instruction in school and books in the library. Hopefully, they've internalized that.
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It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet.
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Let's teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.
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I don't really have goals as far as, I want to be on a cover or something like that.
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
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It isn't given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. They will not be cured by our most efficacious drugs or slain with our sharpest swords.
