F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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• Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.

  

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• Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

  

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• I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.

  

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• Our favorite holding period is forever.

  

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• Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

  

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• I don't know the right way to retire.

  

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• A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

  

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• I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

  

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• Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

  

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• Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

  

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• We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

  

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• I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.

  

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• Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

  

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• A lot of American playwrights seem to have a career as a playwright. I don't consider it a career at all.

  

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• When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'

  

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• The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!

  

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• Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.

  

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• I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

  

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• It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen.

  

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• The first time I came to New York in 1952, I was busy with music. I made the acquaintance at this period with John Cage, and also the acquaintance of Varese for the first time. We were very good friends. He gave me some scores, and we recorded them a little later.

  

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• Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

  

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• It's definitely tough to know you're going to be the last one. It's the best skaters in the world, it's the Olympic Games, it's 11:30 at night. But you just sort of stay in your own world, take it one step at a time and stay strong.

  

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• The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Night
  • Rain
  • Fence