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A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.
Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.
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If fishes were wishes the ocean would be all of our desire.
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It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.
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You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don't dance So you might as well dance.
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