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.
GERTRUDE STEINWhen 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.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.
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It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.
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I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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This joy you feel is life.
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Nothing is more interesting than that something that you eat.
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It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
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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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A sentence is not emotional a paragraph is.
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Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
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A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
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A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.
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Nothing has happened today except kindness.
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
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Forensics is eloquence and reduction.
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