A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
GERTRUDE STEINIs it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
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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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I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.
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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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War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
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There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
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In America, everybody is, but some are more than others.
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The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.
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From the very nature of progress, all ages must be transitional.
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You’ll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie down and die and to never have lived, to have been a job chaser and never have lived.
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You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
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