It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
GERTRUDE STEINLadies there is no neutral position for us to assume.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic.
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Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.
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It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
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You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!
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Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
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A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
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I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.
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French people do like good fighting, they like it better than anything.
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Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.
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Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
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Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money.
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Nobody knows what I am trying to do but I do and I know when I succeed.
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This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.
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I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.
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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.
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