“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: technology
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Counting is the religion of this generation
“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: religion
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It is very easy to love alone.
“It is very easy to love alone.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: love
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It is natural to indulge in the
“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: death
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The nineteenth century believed in science but
“The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: science
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It is extraordinary that whole populations have
“It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: future
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There is too much fathering going on
“There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: dad
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Just as everybody has the vote including
“Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: women
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That is what war is and dancing
“That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: war
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It is funny the two things most
“It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: funny
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A writer should write with his eyes
“A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.”
— Gertrude Stein
Author: Gertrude Stein
Category: art
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