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Gertrude Stein
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Gertrude Stein
In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes America what it is.

Gertrude Stein
Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone.

Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography (1937)
It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography, 1937
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

Gertrude Stein, The Geographical History of America (1936)
In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is.

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