It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
GERTRUDE STEINSuppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
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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A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
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This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.
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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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Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
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The way to resume is to resume. It is the only way. To resume.
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In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.
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It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
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Forensics is eloquence and reduction.
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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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Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.
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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
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I am I because my little dog knows me.
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How likely are definitions to be pleasurable.
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I wish that I was where I am.
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