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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so.
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A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.
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Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.
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The idea of enemies is awful it makes one stop remembering eternity and the fear of death. That is what enemies are. Possessions are the same as enemies only less so, they too make one forget eternity and the fear of death.
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