I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is … - Gertrude Stein

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I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to get rich.

Gertrude Stein

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About Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (3 February 1874 – 27 July 1946) was an American expatriate writer, poet, feminist, and playwright, who lived most of her life in Europe. She is remembered for her "flow-of-thought" and sometimes "cyclical" or "circular" manner of expressing things.

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Alternative Names: Gertruda Stein • Gertruda Staĭn

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I like the feeling of words doing as they want to do and as they have to do.

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I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to get rich. - Gertrude Stein

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