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A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.
Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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Animals in different countries have different expressions just as the people in different countries differ in expression.
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And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.
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Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.
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Forensics is eloquence and reduction.
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Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.
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Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.
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