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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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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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A creator is so completely contemporary that he has the appearance of being ahead of his generation.
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I had a family. They can be a nuisance in identity but there is no doubt no shadow of doubt that that identity the family identity we can do without.
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A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.
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I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.
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That is what you are. That's what you all are...All of you young people who served in the war. You are a lost generation.
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Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear explanations are not clear.
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An audience is pleasant if you have it, it is flattering and flattering is agreeable always, but if you have an audience the being an audience is their business, they are the audience you are the writer, let each attend to their own business.
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