Quotes by Gertrude Stein

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

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Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

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A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

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A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

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

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A diary means yes indeed.

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

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If you can do it then why do it?

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If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

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I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

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I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

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I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

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