Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

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.

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...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

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.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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...

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.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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...

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...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

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

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

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

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...

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

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

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