Communism as I see it has no place in the United States, and the American people will not stand for its teachings.
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Now, Max, I have told you many times that you are my publisher, and permanently, as far as one can fling about the word in this too mutable world....T...
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
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A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. ...He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If he succumbs to ideologies, he turns ...
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This general eclipse of ambition and determination and fortitude, all of the very qualities on which I have prided myself, is ridiculous, and, I must ...
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The clean book bill will be one of the most immoral measures ever adopted. It will throw American art back into the junk heap.
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For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find you're not, I hope you ...
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Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.
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I have lived so long within the circle of this book [Tender Is The Night] and with these characters that often it seems to me that the real world does...
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You've got an awfully kissable mouth.
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I want you to lie to me just as sweetly as you know how for the rest of my life.
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My courage is faith--faith in the eternal resilience of me--that joy'll come back, and hope and spontaneity. And I feel that till it does I've got to ...
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I hope I haven't given you the impression that I consider kissing intrinsically irrational.
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Never miss a party...good for the nerves--like celery.
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no girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself.
