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In his novel ''The Beautiful and Damned'' (1922), F. Scott Fitzgerald paraphrased a famous political saying in a pejorative, witty manner: "The victor belongs to the spoils."
 
In his novel ''The Beautiful and Damned'' (1922), F. Scott Fitzgerald paraphrased a famous political saying in a pejorative, witty manner: "The victor belongs to the spoils."
 
Fitzgerald also said:
 
Fitzgerald also said:
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{{cquote|"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."<ref>''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' [https://www.thoughtco.com/f-scott-fitzgerald-quotes-739740]</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|There are no second acts in [[American]] lives.<ref name="Scott"/>}}
 
{{cquote|There are no second acts in [[American]] lives.<ref name="Scott"/>}}
 
{{cquote|No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.<ref name="Scott"/>}}
 
{{cquote|No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.<ref name="Scott"/>}}
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