There are no second acts in American lives. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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There are no second acts in American lives.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

1940

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Second chances Redemption America

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1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Last Tycoon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941, notes.

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