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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.

Gertrude Stein

What is the answer? In that case, what 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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Appearance Complete Creation Generation Himself
It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
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Mistake Plain Talk
The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.
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Believe Change Science Thinking
America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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Born Country Home Myself
War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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Death Lost War
There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
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Depression Doubt Father
But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still don’t get young men standing up and saying, ‘How can I combine career and family?’
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Campus Career Family Men Myself Problem Stand Talk Young
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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Conscience Creation Generation Himself
I just tell you and though I dont sound like it I’ve got plenty of sense, there aint any answer, there aint going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that’s the answer.
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Answer Myself Sense Sound Yourself
Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything.
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Discovery Essential Name Passion Poetry
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
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Extraordinary Future Population Reality True
The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic.
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Art Classic Composition Creation
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.
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Genius Time Work Yourself
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
Nobody knows what I am trying to do but I do and I know when I succeed.
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Belief Myself Success Trust Try Unknown Work

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