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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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

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.
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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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Cheat, Come, Defeat, Happiness, Life, Out, Pleasure, Redeeming, Struggle, Those