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Quote by Gertrude Stein
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. – Gertrude Stein

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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. – Gertrude Stein

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