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F. Scott Fitzgerald
(24 Sep 1896 - 21 Dec 1940)
American writer of short stories, and novel including The Great Gatsby (1925). His works chronicled the Jazz Age of the 1920s. From 1937, he was a scriptwriter in Hollywood.
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Science Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1 quote)
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Crack-Up (1936, 1993), 69.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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