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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 Stein

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
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Depression Doubt Father
Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
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General Interesting Perspective Talk
We are always the same age inside.
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Age Inside
If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
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Better Ground Near Sight Walk Yourself
Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.
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War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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Death Lost War
Any time is the time to make a poem.
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Poem Time
It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.
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Book Work Writing
In America, everybody is, but some are more than others.
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Personality Value Worth
Writing and reading is to me synonymous with existing.
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Existence Reading Value Worth Writing
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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Answer Philosophy
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
Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship.
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Friendship Painting Reliable Writing
A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what is happening to his generation.
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Conscience Creation Generation Himself
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
A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
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Important Make Up Mindset Oneself Yourself

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.

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