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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.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Discipline Either Else Natural Others Power Take Tastes Think You Your

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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Bluff Charming Depths Heads How Lose Matter May Out People Put Taken Up

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Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Cheat Come Conditions Deeper Defeat Essentially Happiness Life Out Pleasure Redeeming Struggle Things Those

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I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Against Hope Hopes Last Person Romantic Sentimental Things Thinks Will

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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Before Met People Rude Slam You

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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Body Bud Calculated Flower Guarantee Her Suggest

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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Born Conference Died Ever Foolish Grand Idea Ideas Lot

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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: After Except Life Love Much Offer Older Older People Others People Suppose Youth

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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Art Contempt Great Great Art Great Man Man Small

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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: About Being Danger Depressing Life Pessimist Profound

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 24th, 1896

Died: December 21st, 1940

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