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In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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Shortridge High School was an elitist high school. In a way it was a scandal because you could go there no matter where you lived, if you could get there. It was for over-achievers. It was for people who were going to college. So we were very special and we were hated for being ritzy.
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The paintings by dead men who were poor most of their lives are the most valuable pieces in my collection. And if an artist wants to really jack up the prices of his creations, may I suggest this: suicide.
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Hitler at the end thought that he himself was one more casualty in the war.
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Our president is a Christian? So was Adolf Hitler. What can be said to our young people, now that psychopathic personalities, which is to say persons without consciences, without senses of pity or shame, have taken all the money in the treasuries of our government and corporations, and made it all their own?
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All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.
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After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?
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You can't fight progress. The best you can do is ignore it, until it finally takes your livelihood and self-respect away.
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My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.
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Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.
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People are only animals, but special animals. Every animal has fought and killed to survive, even before the dinosaurs. We're the only ones that do it for fun. That's why I don't know about Darwinism. Supposedly evolution and natural selection are all about survival, but we haven't gotten smarter over the years, only more dangerous.
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All these years, I've been opening the window and making love to the world.
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Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.
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One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job.
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Unusual travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God.
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I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking.
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