I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

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...

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.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four...

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in the reality and interested...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Literature is news that stays news.

Literature is news that stays news.

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...