F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

He doesn't believe that public swimming-pools and a kind word in time will right the wrongs of the world; moreover, he takes a drink whenever he feels like it.

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• I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.

  

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• A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

  

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• I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.

  

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• I'm not the type of person that is forced.

  

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• There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.

  

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• Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.

  

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• I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.

  

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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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• My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

  

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• It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.

  

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• I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

  

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• There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and they don't know what to do. And it's something that you have to work through. And, you know, for me, it was - I came out, and then I went back in for a minute. And then I came out, and I was like, 'You know what? This is who I am.'

  

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• When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.

  

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• Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.

  

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• Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

  

  Samuel Beckett
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• No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

  

  E. W. Howe
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• Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.

  

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• I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

  

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• After my bar mitzvah, I started to assimilate, to really not pay attention to my roots. The anti-Semitic experiences of my youth had been very painful. You try to put all that in the past and become a person of the world. I think that's the right thing to do. But it's not right to leave out who you really are. That's a tragedy.

  

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• You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.

  

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• Junk food drags you down.

  

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• When someone just writes 'f**k, f**k, f**k', we just fix it, laugh and move on. But the difficult social issues are the borderline cases - people who do some good work, but who are also a pain in the neck.

  

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• He doesn't believe that public swimming-pools and a kind word in time will right the wrongs of the world; moreover, he takes a drink whenever he feels like it.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  • World
  • Believe