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F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

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.

Source:The Crack-Up (February, 1936); in The Crack-Up (New Directions, ed. 1945), Page 69
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  • Name: F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist
  • Born: September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940
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