Let me listen to me and not to them.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

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...

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.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

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...

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world...

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

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

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

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.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

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...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

Money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets...

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...

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.

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...