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Gertrude Stein

"Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything."

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"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."

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"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."

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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

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