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The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961. ↗

— Ben Stein

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A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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America is my country and Paris is my hometown. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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One can find so many pains when the rain is falling. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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