Gertrude Stein Quotes on Work
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It always did bother me that the American public were more interested in me than in my work. And after all there is no sense in it because if it were not for my work they would not be interested in me so why should they not be more interested in my work than in me. That is one of the things one has to worry about in America. ~ Ch. 2
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The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant tills it. ~ Ch.2
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It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. ~ Ch. 2
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I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich. ~ Ch. 3