Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Topic

Heroes

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Notebook E: Epigrams, Wise Cracks and Jokes." The Crack-Up, edited by Edmund Wilson. New Directions, 2009. Originally published in Notebook E, c. 1940.

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Time
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Citation

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Winning isn’t everything...It’s the only thing.

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Topic
Winning
Speaker
Henry R. "Red" Sanders
Language
English
Time
1948 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Sanders, Henry R. Quoted in L.A. Times. 18 Oct. 1950. Originally spoken to the Quarterback Club. Luncheon. 1948, Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

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Warfare... Is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

Margaret Mead

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Topic
War

Author

Margaret Mead
Source
Warfare is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mead, Margaret. "Warfare is Only an Invention--Not a Biological Necessity." Asia, Aug. 1940.