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" It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well. "
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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" No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there. "
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" Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art. "
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" My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward. "
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" Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction. "
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