It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
GERTRUDE STEINThe artist works by locating the world in himself.
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There is no such thing as repetition. Only insistance.
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War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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From the very nature of progress, all ages must be transitional.
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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
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The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.
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The artist works by locating the world in himself.
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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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What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?
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One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.
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There are two kinds of men and women, those who have in them resisting as their way of winning those who have in them attacking as their way of winning.
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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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Mostly every one is needing some one to be one listening to that one being one being one boasting.
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Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
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A diary means yes indeed.
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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