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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”
― The Crack-Up
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”
― The Crack-Up
“Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.”
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“All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”
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“Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, "Jesus! This cup is expensive!”
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