It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
GERTRUDE STEINIt is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
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There is no such thing as repetition. Only insistance.
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One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.
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The reason why all of us naturally began to live in France is because France has scientific methods, machines and electricity, but does not really believe that these things have anything to do with the real business of living.
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Each generation has something different at which they are all looking.
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Nothing is more interesting than that something that you eat.
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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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Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.
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Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
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It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
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Art is the pulse of a nation.
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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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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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A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
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I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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