Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.
GERTRUDE STEINIn America, everybody is, but some are more than others.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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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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Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
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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.
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Too few is as many as too many.
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I could never be one of two I could never be two in one as married couples do and can, I am but one all one, one and all one, and so I have never been married to any one.
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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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It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
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Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.
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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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A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
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I am I because my little dog knows me.
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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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Money is always there but the pockets change.
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
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Art isn’t everything. It’s just about everything.
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