F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
So there was not an "I" anymore - not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect - save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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I've never set out to seduce my reader. I don't see him at all clearly.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
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I turn down a lot of movies because sometimes they glamorize violence or the darker side of sex or criminality.
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It is my worst experience, my worst trip to the Balkans.
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Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.
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So there was not an "I" anymore - not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect - save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.
