It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.
GERTRUDE STEINWriter or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to be a cooling of friendship.
More Gertrude Stein Quotes
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There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
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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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I wish that I was where I am.
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You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.
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Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.
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Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.
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Nothing has happened today except kindness.
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Art isn’t everything. It’s just about everything.
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As there was never any question there was never any answer.
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Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?
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In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.
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This is the place of places and and it is here.
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Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
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Forensics is eloquence and reduction.
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War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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