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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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About belief or lack of belief in an afterlife: Some of you may know that I am neither Christian nor Jewish nor Buddist, nor a conventionally religious person of any sort. I am a humanist, which mean, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of rewards or punishments after I'm dead.
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We're a terribly lonesome society. For all I know, all societies are. You can make a few new friends, that's all. You can't change history. History is happening to us now.
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You know what truth is? [...] It's some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, Yeah, yeah - ain't it the truth?
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What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.
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All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist.
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Be fruitful, and multiply.
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We could have saved the earth, but we were too damned cheap.
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Make love when you can. It's good for you.
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. . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about things and still not agree.
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