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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
Source:
The Crack-Up (New Directions, ed. 1945), The Notebook: E. Epigrams, Wisecracks and Jokes, Page 122
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Name:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Profession:
Writer, Novelist
Born:
September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940
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