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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Human Rights, Freedom Of Expression, Universal Rights, Information, Global Communication
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“I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Judgment, Open-mindedness, Human Nature, Experience, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Judgment, Open-mindedness, Human Nature, Experience, Wisdom“I like France, where everybody thinks he's Napoleon – down here everybody thinks he's Christ.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cultural Comparison, Ego, Delusion, Social Commentary, Humor
F. Scott Fitzgerald Cultural Comparison, Ego, Delusion, Social Commentary, Humor“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Smile, Reassurance, Rarity, Human Connection, Memorable Moments
F. Scott Fitzgerald Smile, Reassurance, Rarity, Human Connection, Memorable Moments“Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Empathy, Criticism, Opportunity, Perspective, Wisdom
F. Scott Fitzgerald Empathy, Criticism, Opportunity, Perspective, Wisdom“We'll meet you on some corner. I'll be the man smoking two cigarettes.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Meeting, Identity, Smoking, Urban Life, Character Description
F. Scott Fitzgerald Meeting, Identity, Smoking, Urban Life, Character Description“There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Illusion, Dreams, Reality, Disappointment, Idealization
F. Scott Fitzgerald Illusion, Dreams, Reality, Disappointment, Idealization“Having once found the intensity of art, nothing else that can happen in life can ever again seem as important as the creative process.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Art, Creativity, Passion, Life Purpose, Perspective
F. Scott Fitzgerald Art, Creativity, Passion, Life Purpose, Perspective“I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night, and the satisfaction that the constant flicker of men and women and machines gives to the restless eye.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
City Life, Excitement, Observation, Restlessness, Human Activity
F. Scott Fitzgerald City Life, Excitement, Observation, Restlessness, Human Activity“It is youth's felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Youth, Future, Imagination, Present Moment, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Youth, Future, Imagination, Present Moment, Human Nature“Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Change, Ideas, Ego, Dissatisfaction, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Change, Ideas, Ego, Dissatisfaction, Human Nature“There is a moment – Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word – something that makes it worth while.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Anticipation, Intimacy, Human Connection, Beauty Of Life
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Anticipation, Intimacy, Human Connection, Beauty Of Life“For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Poetry, Comparison, Art Appreciation, Keats, Literary Critique
F. Scott Fitzgerald Poetry, Comparison, Art Appreciation, Keats, Literary Critique“I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something- most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love, Curiosity, Deception, Human Nature, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Love, Curiosity, Deception, Human Nature, Observation“She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perception, Misunderstanding, Simplicity, Fear, Human Nature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Perception, Misunderstanding, Simplicity, Fear, Human Nature“There was a kindliness about intoxication – there was that indescribable gloss and glamour it gave, like the memories of ephemeral and faded evenings.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Alcohol, Perception, Memories, Nostalgia, Human Experience
F. Scott Fitzgerald Alcohol, Perception, Memories, Nostalgia, Human Experience“Begin with an individual, and before you know it you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find you have created – nothing.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Individuality, Stereotypes, Creativity, Writing, Observation
F. Scott Fitzgerald Individuality, Stereotypes, Creativity, Writing, Observation“I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others – young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness, Empathy, Observation, Youth, Wasted Potential
F. Scott Fitzgerald Loneliness, Empathy, Observation, Youth, Wasted Potential“But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Individuality, Authenticity, Flavor Metaphor, Preference, Character
F. Scott Fitzgerald Individuality, Authenticity, Flavor Metaphor, Preference, Character“These lights, this brightness, these clusters of human hope, of wild desire – I shall take these lights in my fingers. I shall make them bright, and whether they shine or not, it is in these fingers that they shall succeed or fail.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ambition, Hope, Responsibility, Control, Human Potential
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ambition, Hope, Responsibility, Control, Human Potential