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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Author
Nationality: American
Born: September 24, 1896
Died: December 21, 1940

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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

There are no second acts in American lives.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Action is character.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
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Again, Conception, Elude, Find, Forever, Harmonious, Inadequate, Memory, Past, Present, Remain, Sadder, Than, The Past

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Again, Conception, Elude, Find, Forever, Harmonious, Inadequate, Memory, Past, Present, Remain, Sadder, Than