F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.
Quotes to Explore
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Dormer by name, Dormer by nature: I love to sleep.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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I drink lots of water, and I've been trying to do daily wheatgrass shots, but they're awful, and I have to plug my nose.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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I'll never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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I've always had to work hard for what I've got and to stay where I was.
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When I came to England, everybody was indoors all the time, and nobody said hello to each other. That was weird.
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Life is tricky - you never know what's going to happen.
Dito Montiel -
We loved and miss Würzel dearly. There’s no better or stressful. I’m in Motörhead since 1984 – way too long to think about what could have been. All good the way it is right now.
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Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is the truth, after all, that sets us free.
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The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader's mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.
