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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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The death of a library, any library, suggests that the community has lost its soul.
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I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much.
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My God, the religious right will not acknowledge what a merciful person Jesus was.
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I am a very bad scientist. I will do anything to make a human being feel better, even if it's unscientific. No scientist worthy of the name could say such a thing.
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I wasn't aware of Ku Klux Klan as I was aware of the widespread assumption that African-Americans were dumber than white people. I think my father believed that. I think everybody white did.
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I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny comedians and wonderful music, and there were plays. I used to pass time with radio.
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The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.
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How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.
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Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.
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Or they'll talk about fear, which we used to call politics- job politics, social politics, government politics.
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That is the first thing I know for sure: (1.) If the questions don't make sense, neither will the answers.
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Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.
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I have no culture, no humane harmony in my brains. I can't live without a culture anymore.
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