F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.
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I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortunate to be accepted. After graduation, I headed to Wall Street and worked as I had dreamed.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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I do not see why so much importance should be attached to the idea of 'research' in painting.
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I get 'voluptuous' a lot, or 'shapely,' but the fact is that as you get older you learn to embrace your body type. I wasn't able to do that until I was at least 23.
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Reese Witherspoon. She's sophisticated enough that you just like her. You like her and she's smart.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.
