The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.
GERTRUDE STEINMoney 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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The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.
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How likely are definitions to be pleasurable.
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You are brilliant and subtle if you come from Iowa and really strange and you live as you live and you are always very well taken care of if you come from Iowa.
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Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.
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Writing and reading is to me synonymous with existing.
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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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Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers’ granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.
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Nothing has happened today except kindness.
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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 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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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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You have to know what you want to get it.
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Money is always there but the pockets change.
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Art isn’t everything. It’s just about everything.
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