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Gertrude Stein Quotes: That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.
         

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.


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This page presents the quote "That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.". Author of this quote is Gertrude Stein. This quote is about walking, way, literature, war, dancing,.