The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALDBegin 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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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.
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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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You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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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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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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Intelligence is measured by a person’s ability to see validity within both sides of contradicting arguments.
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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.
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Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
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So we’ll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.
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Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.
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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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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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Never confuse activity with action.
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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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