F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
Once one is caught up into the material world not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste, to examine the validity of philosophic concepts for himself, or to form what, for lack of a better phrase, I might call the wise and tragic sense of life.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go.
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We fight, even against insurmountable odds, because sometimes we win.
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Opportunities? I make opportunities.
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Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.
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Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.
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Once one is caught up into the material world not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste, to examine the validity of philosophic concepts for himself, or to form what, for lack of a better phrase, I might call the wise and tragic sense of life.
