For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.
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For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.
GERTRUDE STEINNothing has happened today except kindness.
GERTRUDE STEINThe 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.
GERTRUDE STEINWar is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
GERTRUDE STEINForensics is eloquence and reduction.
GERTRUDE STEINThere ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer.
GERTRUDE STEINThe way to resume is to resume. It is the only way. To resume.
GERTRUDE STEINIf you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
GERTRUDE STEINHow I wish I were able to say what I think.
GERTRUDE STEINEverybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
GERTRUDE STEINEverybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
GERTRUDE STEINArt isn’t everything. It’s just about everything.
GERTRUDE STEINThe artist works by locating the world in himself.
GERTRUDE STEINHow do you like what you have. This is a question that anybody can ask anybody. Ask it.
GERTRUDE STEINNothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.
GERTRUDE STEINIt is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
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