Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

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.

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...

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...

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...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

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.

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.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

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...

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.

Romance is everything.

Romance is everything.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there 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 extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

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

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

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...

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.