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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#convictions #eighteen #forty-five #hide #hills

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#did #forties #friends #know #love

Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult. ↗

— James C. Collins

#company #competitors #crisis #during #every

Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#aware #director #going #help #mostly

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass. ↗

— Joan Collins

#across #aside #brushed #days #gentleman

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny. ↗

— Joan Collins

#benny #case #consider #feel #i

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. ↗

— Sarah Caldwell

#anyone #anytime #be grateful #come #did

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride? ↗

— Joan Collins

#fault #honestly #must #pride #symbol

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. ↗

— Anne Frank

#because #believe #carry #dropped #everything

We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life "outside" the story changes the story. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#idea #keen #life #outside #own