War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.
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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As there was never any question there was never any answer.
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The way to resume is to resume. It is the only way. To resume.
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How do you like what you have. This is a question that anybody can ask anybody. Ask it.
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Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.
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It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.
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Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
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Nobody knows what I am trying to do but I do and I know when I succeed.
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A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.
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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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The only thing that is different from one time to another is what is seen and what is seen depends upon how everybody is doing everything.
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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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I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.
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It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
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A diary means yes indeed.
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Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.
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