Quote by Gertrude Stein
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to s

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

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There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing. – Gertrude Stein

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

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Money is always there but the pockets change it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money. – Gertrude Stein

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If your time aint come not even a doctor can kill you. – Proverb

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I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death if I could not have one, I would have the other. – Harriet Tubman

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Everything that gets born dies. – Morrie Schwartz

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Lots of people there seemed to be in denial, in absolute denial, of death – everybodys pretending that death doesnt happen in L.A. if you do enough exercise and take enough wheatgrass and have your pill every day, you might not die. – Emily Mortimer

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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. – Lord Chesterfield

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Christians must share their faith in obedience to the Great Commission, because we are only seeing the fruit of sin this side of death. – Ray Comfort

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