F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
Sometimes I wish I'd went through those good times stone cold sober so I could remember everything," he said, "but then again, if I had been sober the times probably wouldn't have been worth remembering.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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When you try to predict future E.R.A.'s with past E.R.A.'s, you're making a mistake.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.
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'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have done 'Luke Cage' if they hadn't made time for 'Moonlight.'
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In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.
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Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.
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Everyone should be good at what they do.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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Soy sauce and seaweed go really well with potato chips.
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The next Prince might just get really good at something else.
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My position hasn't changed over the years. Which is that online voting is a very unsafe idea and a very bad idea and something I think no technological breakthrough I can foresee can ever change.
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I wear my emotions on my sleeve. If I keep that bottled up, it's not going to be good. It's all going to come out at some point in time. I would rather it come out in little bits and pieces than me try to hold it in.
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I believe every woman should have a flat, a really good wedge, and then the showstopper shoe.
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Sometimes I wish I'd went through those good times stone cold sober so I could remember everything," he said, "but then again, if I had been sober the times probably wouldn't have been worth remembering.
