Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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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.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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.

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

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...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

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...

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...

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.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen.

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...

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is....

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.