Never confuse activity with action.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIntelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives.
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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
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There’s no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don’t feel it at all.
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The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want.
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The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one’s mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind
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To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.
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I never blame failure – there are too many complicated situations in life – but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
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So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.
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I want to tell you about your heart— you’ve probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.
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Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.
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It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
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Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.
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You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.
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That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.
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Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created – nothing.
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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway
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And in the end, we were all just humans, Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.
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You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
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It is not merely enough to have the ability to be persistant, you must also have the ability to start over.
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She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.
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I didn’t realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.
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I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.
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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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