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“It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.”

Gertrude Stein · History

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Gertrude Stein

It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.

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I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

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Romance is everything.

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

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