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Gertrude Stein Quotes about Identity

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And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.

Gertrude Stein
Being Yourself, Believe, Identity
Gertrude Stein (2013). “Everybody's Autobiography”, p.76, Vintage

it is all the question of identity. ... As long as the outside does not put a value on you it remains outside but when it does put a value on you then it gets inside or rather if the outside puts a value on you then all your inside gets to be outside.

Gertrude Stein
Long, Identity, Doe
Gertrude Stein (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Gertrude Stein (Illustrated)”, p.5831, Delphi Classics

It is funny about money. And it is funny about identity. You are you because your little dog knows you, but when your public knows you and does not want to pay for you and when your public knows you and does want to pay for you, you are not the same you.

Gertrude Stein
Dog, Identity, Doe
Gertrude Stein (2013). “Everybody's Autobiography”, p.50, Vintage

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