Let me listen to me and not to them.

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.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

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...

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to...

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...

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

Everyone 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?

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

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.

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...

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...