A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.
~ Gertrude Stein
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A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.
~ Gertrude Stein
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I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
~ Gertrude Stein
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Well, between Scotch and nothin’, I suppose I’d take Scotch. It’s the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.
~ William Faulkner
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Ending with a digression, or with an unimportant detail, is particularly to be avoided.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe.
~ Lewis Mumford
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Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.
~ Mark Twain
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A good artist lets her intuition lead her wherever it wants.
~ Lao Zi
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The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.
~ Hannah Arendt
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It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.
~ Gertrude Stein
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Between grief and nothing I will take grief.
~ William Faulkner
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