Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.
GERTRUDE STEINForensics is eloquence and reduction.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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Money is always there but the pockets change.
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A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what is happening to his generation.
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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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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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Romance is everything.
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How I wish I were able to say what I think.
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Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
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Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
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It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
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I like a thing simple but it must be simple through complication. Everything must come into your scheme, otherwise you cannot achieve real simplicity.
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We are always the same age inside.
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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 like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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Too few is as many as too many.
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