Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
GERTRUDE STEIN
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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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A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
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War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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