Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

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.

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

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 vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?