Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know–because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDHaving once found the intensity of art, nothing else that can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process.
More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
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Never confuse activity with action.
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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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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 we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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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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Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.
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I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.
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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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For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
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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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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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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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And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.
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Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.
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The reason one writes isn’t the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
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