Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can…

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Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a...

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

A diary means yes indeed.

A diary means yes indeed.

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?