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It is very funny about money. The thing that differentiates man from animals is money. All animals have the same emotions and the same ways as men. Anybody who has lots of animals around knows that. But the thing no animal can do is count, and the thing no animal can know is money.

Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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