It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.

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...

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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 rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

Money is always there but the pockets change.

Money is always there but the pockets change.

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...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

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...

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...