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 STEINThere are a lot of other things besides nouns.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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This joy you feel is life.
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I just tell you and though I dont sound like it I’ve got plenty of sense, there aint any answer, there aint going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that’s the answer.
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It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.
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There is no such thing as repetition. Only insistance.
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America is my country and Paris is my hometown.
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It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.
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There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
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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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An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.
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For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
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Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.
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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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Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
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I wish that I was where I am.
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