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The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Gertrude Stein

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.
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Genius Time Work Yourself
The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.
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Believe Change Science Thinking
There is no such thing as repetition. Only insistance.
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Insist Perspective Repeat
A great deal of beauty is rapture. A circle is a necessity. Otherwise you would see no one. We each have our circle.
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Circle Deal Greatness Necessary Ourselves
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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Achievement Complicate Myself Reality Scheme Simplicity Yourself
There are a lot of other things besides nouns.
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Beside Knowledge Literature
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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Beginning Believe Live Machine Natural Reality Reason Science Thinking
The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.
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Difference Forget Myself Time
It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.
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Book Work Writing
Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.
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The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame.
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Feeling Frame Hope Live Myself Paint
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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Answer Myself Sense Sound Yourself
Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.
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Gratitude Silence Thankful
Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.
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Assume Ourselves Position Woman
It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
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Extraordinary Family Forget Yourself
I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.
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Poetry Words Writing

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