“The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing.”
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Stein, G. (n.d.). The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22375-the-minute-you-or-anybody-else-knows-what/
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Stein, Gertrude. “The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22375-the-minute-you-or-anybody-else-knows-what/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Stein, Gertrude. “The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/22375-the-minute-you-or-anybody-else-knows-what/.