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In America, everybody is, but some are more than others.

Gertrude Stein

A great deal of beauty is rapture. A circle is a necessity. Otherwise you would see no one. We each have our circle.
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Circle Deal Greatness Necessary Ourselves
There are two kinds of men and women, those who have in them resisting as their way of winning those who have in them attacking as their way of winning.
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Attack Kind Man Resistance Way Winning Woman
You look ridiculous if you dance, You look ridiculous if you don’t dance So you might as well dance.
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Appearance Choice Dance Yourself
Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers’ granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.
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Civilization Darkness Ourselves Time
French people do like good fighting, they like it better than anything.
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There is no such thing as repetition. Only insistance.
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Insist Perspective Repeat
The reason why all of us naturally began to live in France is because France has scientific methods, machines and electricity, but does not really believe that these things have anything to do with the real business of living.
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Beginning Believe Live Machine Natural Reality Reason Science Thinking
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
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Care Caution Conscious Errors Mistake Yourself
I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.
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Myself Nature Sight View
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
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Eyes Himself Paint Writing
Any time is the time to make a poem.
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Poem Time
Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.
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Common Imitation Interest Nature Place
This is the place of places and and it is here.
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Existence Place
There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.
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Answer Philosophy
A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
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Appearance Complete Creation Generation Himself
Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
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Answer Empty Oneself Question

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