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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Gestures Personality Series Successful Unbroken

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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Breath Good Good Writing Holding Swimming Water Writing Your

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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Confuse Defeat Final Never Single

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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Drink First Take Takes Then You

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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Ability Effect Genius Mind Put Your

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Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Hero Me Show Tragedy Write You

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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.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Ability First-Rate Function Hold Ideas Intelligence Mind Opposed Retain Same Same Time Still Test Time Two

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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Ability Only Over Persist Shows Start Vitality

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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Again Conception Elude Find Forever Harmonious Inadequate Memory Past Present Remain Sadder Than You

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There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 24th, 1896

Died: December 21st, 1940

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