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It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock.
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens.
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I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.
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Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
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In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes American what it is.
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